Monica Robins is a 7x Emmy Award Winning Reporter, Multi-Platform Journalist, Motivational Speaker, Podcaster, and Musician working for WKYC (Channel 3) a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, serving the station as the Senior Health Correspondent and Multimedia Journalist. She has been working with this station since March 2021.
Monica Robins Age
Robins manages to keep information regarding her dates of birth away from the spotlight. An age update will be done once she has made the information public. Nevertheless, judging from her photo, she seems to be around her 40’s.
Monica Robins Height |Measurements
Robins stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 6 inches and weighs around 71 kg.
Monica Robins Education
For her education, Monica attended West Virginia University, where she earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
Monica Robins Career
Robins serves as the Senior Health Correspondent for WKYC (Channel 3) in Cleveland, Ohio, specializing in areas of health and medicine news. She is known as one of Northeast Ohio’s most trusted and reliable sources of health news. As Senior Health Correspondent, Monica has gained the respect of the region’s medical establishments, including The Academy of Medicine of Northern Ohio and Cleveland for accurate, fair, and unbiased reporting. She joined Channel 3 in March of 2021.
Monica can take even the most complicated medical method and make it understandable to viewers. Her stories are frequently broadcast nationally at Tegna stations and other NBC, and her more than twenty-five Cleveland Clinic “Medical Miracle” specials have also been broadcast in the Middle East and Turkey.
Monica also was instrumental in planning and carrying out WKYC’s first annual Health Expo that helped 15,000 individuals. Also, she acted as the driving force for the City of Cleveland’s Affordable Care for a Healthy Cleveland education event that nursed thousands of Cuyahoga County citizens who required information about healthcare coverage.
Upon graduating from college, Monica started her journalism career at WDTV in Clarksburg, W. Va. During her time there, she honed her anchoring and reporting skills and was also a videographer, producer, editor, and production assistant. After WDTV, she relocated to WOWK-TV in Charleston/Huntington, W. Va. where she was hired as the main 6 and 11 p.m. anchor as well as delving into Investigative Reporting.
After WOWK-TV, she joined WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio, where she was a primary Investigative Reporter, before being appointed as the NBC Midwest Correspondent for the News Channel affiliate service. During that time she traveled the country reporting on national news for America’s NBC stations — including subsequent impeachment proceedings, President Clinton’s Lewinsky scandal, and the devastating Ohio River flooding.
Monica has also been involved with several community organizations, including Komen for the Cure, the Diabetes Partnership of Greater Cleveland, the FBI Cleveland Citizens Academy Alumni Association, Prayers From Maria Foundation for pediatric brain tumor research, Rally for the Troops, Firefighter’s Memorial Ride, Kids in Flight, COPS Memorial Ride, and the Gathering Place.
Besides being a journalist, Monica is also the lead singer for two rock bands including the Ninja Cowboys, and Monica Robins and the Whiskey Kings. She has opened for recognized national acts such as The Temptations, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Donnie Iris and the Cruisers, Hall and Oates, and Eddie Money.
Monica also performed the National Anthem a few times for the Cleveland Browns, Lake Erie Monsters, Cleveland Force, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Barons, Akron Aeros, and many local law enforcement, fire, and military agencies. In her spare time, Monica and her Great Pyrenees, Griffin, are approved by Therapy Dogs International and volunteer to bring emotional help to patients in local nursing homes.
Awards
Monica’s commitment to delivering quality health information to Northeast Ohio earned her several prestigious awards including the Community Service Award from Fairview, Lakewood, Lutheran Hospitals, and the Community West Foundation, the Bronze Key award from Recovery Resources, the media award from the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County for her in-depth coverage of the heroin epidemic in Northeast Ohio.
Her work has won a few Excellence in Journalism awards. Monica is a 5-time Emmy award beneficiary and several first-place awards from the Ohio Press Club and Associated Press. She’s also been inaugurated into the Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Monica also was recognized as the first media beneficiary of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure “Power of a Partner” Award. She’s also earned several media awards from different medical organizations, including the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio, the Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland, the Ohio Pharmacists Association, Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging, and several others as well as congressional commendations from Representative Betty Sutton and Senator Sherrod Brown.
Monica Robins Net Worth
In Monica’s career as a Health Correspondent, she has been able to amass a net worth ranging between $ 1 Million- $ 5 million.
Monica Robins Salary
Robins receives annual earnings that range between $ 117, 680, and $ 238, 410.
Monica Robins Parents and Siblings
Robins was born and raised to white parents in Pittsburgh, Pa., United States. Growing up, the Health Correspondent’s parents give their daughter the best upbringing one could ask for. Besides this, she has not provided any further details about her parents or siblings if she has any.
Monica Robins Husband
Robins is married to Deke Kumler. Deke is also a member of her band and performs with her at local bars at different events. The duo has been married for 21 years. It is also not known whether she and her husband have a kid. In her spare time, Monica enjoys weight lifting, scuba diving, running, and riding her Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Monica Robins Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
Robins is vocal on her social media accounts where she posts often. On her Twitter account, she has about 8,399 Followers around 4,247 followers on her Facebook page, and about 11K followers on her Instagram account.
Monica Robins WKYC
Robins works at WKYC where she works alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Nick Camino
- Russ Mitchell
- Christi Paul
- Laura Caso
- Jim Donovan
- Jay Crawford
- Betsy Kling
- Carmen Blackwell
- Maureen Kyle
- Dave Chudowsky
- Danielle Wiggins
- Hollie Strano
- Matt Wintz
- Anthony Copeland
- Lynna Lai
- Matt Rascon
- Isabel Lawrence
- Kaitor Kay
- Leon Bibb
- Kierra Cotton
- Austin Love
- Bri Buckley
- Lydia Esparra