Jack Highberger Profile
Jack Highberger is an American Multiple Emmy-Award-winning reporter/anchor working for NBC 5 serving as a reporter. He has been working for the station since 2018.
Jack Highberger Career
Highberger serves as a reporter at NBC 5 who worked as a reporter for KMSP-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul before joining NBC 5. At KMSP-TV he covered numerous stories everything from blizzards and tornadoes to the death of music icon Prince and the discovery of missing child Jacob Wetterling.

Prior to the Twin Cities, Highberger worked as a reporter for CBS/NBC affiliates KGPE and KSEE in Fresno, California. He covered many national stories including the 2014 Napa earthquake, the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214, and multiple record-setting wildfires while in the central valley.
In 2014, Highberger would finish a three-part series that followed a Central American teen’s journey from his home in El Salvador to California’s Central Valley. The nearly yearlong story dove deep into the complicated issue of illegal immigration and would later be honored with an Emmy Award for Journalistic venture.
Highberger attended the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication where he studied journalism graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2012. Whenever he is not working, he finds pleasure in spending his free time with his family and friends.
Jack Highberger Age
Highberger’s age is not known for he has managed to keep his personal life private. It is therefore not known how old Jack is or when he celebrates his birthday. However, he might be in his 30s.
Quick Facts About Highberger
Age | Not Available |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Not Available |
Net Worth | $1 Million – $5 Million |
Jack Highberger Height
Highberger stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 10 inches.
Jack Highberger Family
Highberger was born in Minnesota, United States, and brought up in Colorado where his mother’s family has been farming cattle since the late 1800s. He was raised by his two parents who worked in TV news.
Jack Highberger Height
Highberger stands at a height of 178 cm and weighs about 58 kg.
Jack Highberger Wife
Information about Highberger’s dating life is not known for he has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight. It is therefore not known if Highberger is engaged to someone or whether he is married. It is also not known if he has any children.
Jack Highberger Salary
Highberger earns an annual salary ranging from $ 20,000 – $ 100,000.
Jack Highberger’s Net Worth
Highberger has an estimated net worth of between $1 million – $5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a reporter.
Jack Highberger NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
At NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Highberger works alongside;
- Rick Mitchell – Chief Meteorologist
- Brian Curtis – Co-anchor
- Kristi Nelson – Reporter/Anchor
- Grant Johnston – Meteorologist
- Ben Russell – Reporter
- Ken Kalthoff – Reporter
- Don Peritz Jr. – Assignments/Investigative Editor and Researcher
- Melissa Harrison – TV/Radio Journalist
- Diana Zoga – Journalist
- Meredith Yeomans – Reporter
- Meredith Land – Anchor
- Samantha Davies – Meteorologist/Traffic Reporter
- Laura Harris – Journalist
- Newy Scruggs – Sportscaster