Savannah Guthrie- $7 million
Savannah Guthrie may originally be from Australia, but that hasn’t stopped her from becoming one of the highest-paid TV reporters in America. She graduated with a degree in journalism from The University of Arizona and got her Master’s Degree from Georgetown, and worked her first broadcasting job in Columbia, Missouri after graduation. After two years in Missouri, she returned to Arizona, only to turn back around after five years and accepted a job in Washington, D.C. where she covered major news stories like the September 11 attack on the Pentagon. Guthrie held the title of White House Correspondent for NBC from 2008-2011, and today she is one of the hosts of “Today” on NBC.
Savannah Guthrie- $7 million
Willie Geist- $2.5 million
Willie Geist is co-anchor of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and anchor of “Sunday Today with Willie Geist”. Geist also fills in as an anchor on both the weekday edition and the Saturday edition of “Today”. Geist is a correspondent for NBC News and NBC Sports. He also contributes to NBC’s Olympic coverage. He didn’t start here, though; he began his career working for CNN Sports Illustrated as an editor and producer. Geist has written or co-written three books, one of which was written in partnership with his father! In addition to all of the work he has done as a journalist, Willie Geist also voiced the character Sum in “Kung Fu Panda 3”, opposite of Al Roker’s Dim, where their characters are twin panda brothers. How fun!
Willie Geist- $2.5 million
