Kara Sundlun Bio, Wiki
Kara Sundlun is an American Anchor/ Reporter working for WFSB serving the station as an anchor/reporter. She also serves as the WFSB co-host of the weekday show “Great Day Connecticut” with Scot Haney at 3 p.m. Additionally, she also serves as a co-anchor of Eyewitness News at Noon. She has been working with this station since June 2021.
Kara Sundlun Age
Sundlun manages to keep information regarding her dates of birth away from the limelight. An update of her age will be done once she has made the information public. However, judging from her appearance, she might be in her 40s.
Kara Sundlun Height
Sundlun stands at the height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Kara Sundlun Education
Sundlun graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in Political science and communications in 1997.
Kara Sundlun Career
Sundlun works at WFSB-TV, Channel 3 Eyewitness News, and Karaa CBS affiliate in Hartford, Connecticut where she serves as host and anchor. She also works as co-anchor/ co-host of Better Connecticut with Scot Haney at 3 p.m. Before joining the station, Kara served as a narrator for World War Two Foundation for 5 years and 10 months. She is also a contributor to the Huffington Post. Prior to that, she was a News anchor/reporter at WOTV/WOOD from September 1998 to July 2000.
Moreover, Sundlun also worked in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and at the Washington Bureau of the White House and CNN as an intern. Furthermore, she began her journalism career at WPRI-TV, a dual CBS and MyNetwork affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island. Aside from that, Kara is also an author writing the book titled Finding Dad: From “Love Child” to Daughter. The book was released on November 11th, 2014 on Amazon, Kobo, Apple Books, Goodreads, and Google Books.
During her time in the media industry, she has covered many stories like the Iraq War. Sundlun also covered the 9-11 Boston terrorist attacks and the horrible school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. In addition to that, she received an Emmy award for the Swimming with Sharks story in the New England waters. Nevertheless, she was named the Best Local TV News Reporter by Hartford Magazine. 2006 she was featured in the Hartford Business Journal’s Top 40 under 40.
Kara Sundlun Net Worth
In Sundlun’scareer as an anchor/reporter, she has been able to accumulate a net worth ranging between $1 Million and $3 Million.
Kara Sundlun Salary
She receives annual earnings that range between $35,000 and $100,000.
Kara Sundlun Parents and Siblings
Sundlun was born and raised in the United States, to her parents Bruce Sundlun (father)and Judith Vargo Hewes (mother). Her father was the late former Rhode Island governor and a wealthy businessman. Bruce died on July 21st, 2011. Nevertheless, Kara is the stepdaughter of John Hewes. It is known that she was raised by her mother single-handedly and later came to meet her father when she was 17 years old. Moreover, she has no siblings from her mother’s side. However, she has three step-brothers from her father’s first marriage with Madeline Schiffer Gimbel, who happens to be her step-mom.
Kara Sundlun Husband/ Spouse
Sundlun is married to her husband Dennis House, who was also a news anchor and a moderator of the State’s Face on WFSB-TV. He left the station after testing positive for the COVID-19 infection. After 10 years of dating, Dennis and Kara exchanged vows on August 1st, 2003 at St. Augustin’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island. Archbishop Daniel Cronin of Hartford officiated the wedding ceremony. Kara and her husband both tested positive for COVID-19 in December 2020. But currently, she is in good shape and health.
Kara Sundlun Kids
Sundlun and Dennis are proud parents to Helena and Julian, born on February 18th, 2007, and September 2nd, 2009 respectively. The family resides in Hartford, Connecticut.
Kara Sundlun WFSB
Sundlun works at WFSB where she works alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Mark Zinni
- Erin Connolly
- Wendell Edwards
- Nicole Nalepa
- Caitlin Francis
- Irene O’Connor
- Caitlin Nuclo
- Stephanie Simoni
- Melissa Cole
- Mark Dixon
Kara Sundlun Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
She is vocal on her social media accounts where she posts frequently. On her Twitter account, she has about 10k followers, around 24k followers on her Facebook page, and about 12k followers on her Instagram account.