Lisa Hughes Profile
Lisa Hughes is an American Emmy Award-winning news anchor/reporter working for WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts. She joined the station in June 2000.
Lisa Hughes Career
Hughes serves at WBZ-TV as an anchor of WBZ-TV News on weekdays at 5 PM, 6 PM, and 11 PM with co-anchor David Wade. Before joining the station, she was working as a reporter for CBS Newspath, the CBS-TV Station Group’s satellite news service. Lisa is also involved in a variety of charitable and community groups. She is a member of the Big Sister Boston board of trustees, and the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital development board, and works with Project 351, Children’s Hospital Boston, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester. Lisa started riding the Pan-Mass Challenge in 2011 to raise money for Dana Farber Cancer Institute. She completed the Boston Marathon in 2002 to raise money for the American Liver Foundation.
She previously worked for KIRO-TV in Seattle as a reporter and weekend anchor, KBCI-TV in Boise, Idaho as a main anchor and reporter, and KCBY-TV in Coos Bay, Oregon as an anchor and reporter. Lisa has covered almost every major news event in New England and has had the privilege of interviewing many of the region’s influential figures.
As part of WBZ-team TV’s coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombings, Lisa won both a 2014 Columbia DuPont Award and a 2013 George Foster Peabody Award. In 2014 and 2016, she won an Emmy Award for Best News Anchor, and she has won both an Emmy Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award for reporting. Lisa was named one of Boston Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” and “Best TV Personality” in 2020.
Lisa Hughes Age
Hughes is 53 years old as of 2021. She was born on May 25, 1968, in Moscow, Idaho, United States. She celebrates her birthday on May 25 every year.
Lisa Hughes Height
Hughes stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 4 inches.
Quick Facts About Lisa Hughes
| Age | 53 years old as of 2021 |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Michael Casey |
| Net Worth | $1 Million – $5 Million |
Lisa Hughes Family
Hughes was born and raised in Moscow, Idaho, United States. Her father was known as David who was a professor at the University of Washington but passed on April 4, 2020, in Massachusetts. Information about her mother and siblings will be updated when available.
Lisa Hughes Husband and children
Hughes is a married woman. She is married to photographer Michael Casey, the couple married in 2005, and has two children, their daughter Riley and son Dylan Douglas. Casey was previously married to Neilie Casey. Neilie died on September 11, 2001, in the American Airlines plane crash. The plane strikes off to the World Trade Center. Hughes was on the ground duty on the World Trade Center attack during that time. Douglas was born on August 23, 2011, and his biological mom is from Kentucky.
Lisa Hughes Salary
Being one of the top journalists for WBZ-TV earns an annual salary ranging from $ 20,000 – $ 100,000.
Lisa Hughes’s Net Worth
Hughes has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a journalist.
Lisa Hughes WBZ- TV
At WBZ- TV Hughes works alongside;
- Ed Davis
- Dr. Mallika Marshall
- Dan Roche
- Steve Burton
- Zack Green
- Sarah Wroblewski
- Eric Fisher
- Bill Shields
- Kristina Rex
- Breana Pitts
- Anna Meiler
- Juli McDonald
- Mike LaCrosse
- Rachel Holt