Darronté Matthews Bio, Wiki
Darronté Matthews is an Illinois Broadcasters Association award-winning journalist working for Fox 6 (WITI-TV) Milwaukee, serving the station as a News Reporter. He has been working with this station since the 4th of Jan 2024.
Darronté Matthews Age
Matthews manages to keep information regarding his dates of birth away from the limelight. An age update will be done once he has made the information public. However, judging from his appearance, he might be in his 30’s.
Darronté Matthews Height / Measurements
Matthews stands at an approximate height of 6 feet 2 inches and weighs around 73 kg.
Darronté Matthews Education
For his education, Darronté enrolled at Eastern Illinois University where he graduated and earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA), in Broadcast Journalism and Foreign Languages.
Darronté Matthews Career
Matthews serves as a News Reporter for Fox 6 (WITI-TV) Milwaukee. He joined the FOX6 team as a reporter in 2024. Some of Darronté’s notable investigative, breaking news, and high-profile coverage in Peoria included the unsolved death of Illinois State University student Jelani Day, the Illinois gubernatorial race, the murder trial for the parents of 8-year-old Navin Jones, and investigating why teens steal cars.
Before joining FOX6, Darronté worked for four years at the CBS/FOX affiliate stations WMBD/WYZZ-TV in Peoria, IL. While there, he was promoted countless times from multimedia journalist to reporter, to weekend anchor, and main anchor. Darronté was a part of the Edward R. Murrow award-winning town hall program “Together We Rise,” which examined local race relations issues following the murder of George Floyd.
Darronté began his journalism career at the PBS affiliate station WEIU-TV in Charleston, IL. in 2014. He began as a production assistant and later on became a general assignment reporter and anchor. Darronté’s passion for journalism ignited from watching the news with family in his hometown of Chicago. He’s part of the National Association of Black Journalists and loves ESL teaching and traveling.
Darronté Matthews Net Worth
In Darronté’s career as an anchor and reporter, he has been able to amass a net worth ranging between $ 1 Million- $ 3 million.
Darronté Matthews Salary
Matthews receives annual earnings that range between $76,090 and $168,600.
Darronté Matthews’ Parents and Siblings
Matthews was born and raised to black parents in Chicago, the United States. Growing up, he could watch the news together with his parents. Besides this, the new reporter has not disclosed any further details about his parents or siblings if he has any.
Darronté Matthews Wife
Matthews manages to keep information regarding whether or not he is in marriage private. An update of his marital status will be done when available. It is also not known if he has any kids. When he is not working, Darronté loves ESL teaching and traveling.
Darronté Matthews Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
Matthews is vocal on his social media accounts where he posts often. On his Twitter account, he has about 5 Followers around 1.1K followers on his Facebook page, and about 125 Followers on his Instagram account.
Darronté Matthews FOX6 News
Matthews works at FOX6 News where he works alongside his fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Zoe Chipalla
- Amanda St. Hilaire
- Jason Calvi
- Brian Kramp
- Bill Miston
- Sam Kraemer
- Bryan Polcyn
- Ashley Sears
- Stephanie Quirk
- Spencer Tracy
- Gino Salomone
- Christina Van Zelst
- Derica Williams
- Tom Wachs
- Suzanne Spencer
- Lily Zhao
- Ted Perry
- Mary Stoker Smith
- Kim Murphy
- Lisa Michaels
- Aaron Maybin
- Carl Deffenbaugh
- Brandon Cruz
- Eric Manges
- Rob Haswell
- Nikola Junewicz
- Ben Handelman
- Stephanie Grady
- Bret Lemoine