Susan Roesgen Profile

Susan Roesgen is an American News Anchor/Reporter working for WGNO-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana. She joined the station in the year 2003.

Susan Roesgen Career

Roesgen serves as a part-time reporter, as well as a part-time anchor of ABC26 News. Also, she co-hosts the 5, 6, & 10 pm programs. She is a proud alumnus of  Montana State University, where she majored in English Literature. She graduated from the university in 1983. Her first work on-air was creating advertisements, and she started as a copyeditor for the Montana State University Exponent newspaper.

She later joined the news department at WABC-TV, the flagship station of the ABC television network in New York City, where she worked her way up to anchor the news. Roesgen is an international and national reporter/anchor who has served with the United States Army in Haiti, sailed on the Sea of Galilee in Israel, and bartered for a camel in Cairo.

In 2001, Susan joined cultural affairs and TV news program broadcast internationally from National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., “National Geographic Today,” where she served as the co-host. This was after several years on local television.  She covered everything from the raising of a Civil War submarine in Charleston to in-depth interviews with world-renowned conservationist, Jane Goodall, and Titanic discoverer,  Bob Ballard, then to a multi-part series in Egypt with Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass.

In 2002, she made a return to New Orleans and began working for WWNO, a public radio station. She then started freelancing as a reporter for NPR’s programs, including “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,” among others. She began anchoring, as well as reporting part-time for WGNO-TV in 2003. Roesgen was hired as the inaugural Correspondent for CNN’s Gulf Coast Bureau, which started in New Orleans in 2005, after her work as a reporter for WGNO and NPR during Hurricane Katrina.

Susan Roesgen CNN

She became a CNN Correspondent located in Chicago in 2007 after covering the Gulf recovery effort for two years. At CNN, she covered various stories like Rod Blagojevich’s (Illinois Governor) impeachment, Michael Jackson’s death, floods, hurricanes, snowstorms, and tornadoes. Also, she reported on the raid on a polygamist sect in Texas. The stories were live on “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” “Anderson Cooper 360,” and all other programs on CNN.

Quick Facts About Susan Roesgen

She joined Loyola University in New Orleans to earn a Master’s degree in counseling after leaving CNN in 2009. In 2020, she returned to WGNO as a part-time anchor and reporter. She was designated co-host of the Susan enrolled at Loyola University in New Orleans to earn a Master’s degree in counseling after leaving CNN in 2009.

In 2020, she returned to WGNO holding the positions of anchor and reporter. Moreover, Roesgen is a licensed English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher who volunteers with the local immigrant community as an English teacher.

Susan Roesgen Age 

Roesgen is 60 years old as of 2021. She was born in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States, in 1961. She has managed to keep the date and month of her birthday quite private. Therefore, there is no information regarding how old Roesgen is or when she celebrates her birthday.

Susan Roesgen Height

Roesgen stands at a height of approximately 5 feet, 6 inches (1.67m).

Susan Roesgen Family, Father, Brother

Roesgen spent all of her youth and childhood with her loving parents, as well as her brother in New Orleans. Her father, William Roesgen, is a former editor of the Billings Gazette and a former publisher of numerous newspapers. Roesgen’s brother, Andy Roesgen, serves as a freelancer as a TV reporter at WION and i24 News. As soon as information regarding Roesgen’s mother and further information regarding her brother/father is available, there will be an update.

Susan Roesgen Husband/Children

Information about Roesgen’s dating life is unknown for she has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight. Therefore, there is no information regarding her being in any engagement or marriage with someone. Also, there is no information regarding her having any children.

Susan Roesgen Salary

Being one of the top journalists for WGNO, Roesgen earns an annual salary ranging between $ 20,000 – $ 100,000.

Susan Roesgen Net Worth

Roesgen has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a News Anchor/Reporter.

Sefenech Henok WGNO

At WGNO Henok works alongside;

1. Jacob Bradford
2. Jori Parys
3. Richie Mills
4. Ed Daniels
5. Brooke Laizer
6. Scot Pilié
7. Hank Allen
8. Curt Sprang
9. Peyton LoCicero
10. Tamica Lee
11. Susan Roesgen