Bill Melugin Biography
Bill Melugin is a multi-award-winning journalist serving as a national correspondent for FOX News Channel based in Los Angeles. He previously worked as an investigative reporter for KTTV-TV Los Angeles.
Bill Melugin Age
He was born on February 26, 1985 in California, United States.
Bill Melugin Height
Melugin stands at a height of 6 feet 4 inches tall.
Bill Melugin Education
He graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He also has a minor in Spinach Linguistics.
Bill Melugin Family
He was born in Orange county although there is no available information regarding the name of his parents. He has posts photos with his mother on his Instagram. He also revealed in an Instagram post that his father died on May 12, 2016 of pulmonary embolism while he was at work.
Bill Melugin Katy Jackson
Bill has been in a relationship with Katy Johnson since November 2018. Katy Jackson is an American actress and model. She has been featured in numerous magazines such as GQ, Maxim, Esquire, Men’s Health, Influential Magazine, FHM, LA Fashion Magazine, Glamour, People Magazine, Hello Magazine, Ok Magazine, Heat magazine among others.
Bill Melugin FOX News
Bill is a national correspondent for FOX News Channel based in Los Angeles since May 2021. He previously served as an investigative reporter for KTTV-TV Los Angeles (FOX 11 Los Angeles) since June 2017. During his tenure, his breaking news coverage was also featured across FNC programming, including Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Ingraham Angle and The Story. He won the 2021 investigative reporting Emmy.
He previously worked as an anchor and investigative reporter at WJZY-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina for two and a half years, where he won a 2017 regional Edward R. Murrow award for breaking news reporting, and won the SPJ’s national Sigma Delta Chi award for best breaking news reporting for his live coverage of the Charlotte riots.
He began his career as a reporter and fill-in anchor at KFOX-TV in El Paso Texas for two years. He interned at KNXV-TV ABC 15. He also worked as a reporter and anchor for Cronkite News in Phoenix, Arizona area, the #1 college newscast in the country.
Bill Melugin Model
He has also worked as a model for Abercrombie & Fitch for 10 months. He was later signed to URBAN management where he modeled overseas in Milan, Italy for winter of 2011. In June 2011 he was signed to Wilhelmina Models in Greater Los Angeles Area until January 2013.
Bill Melugin Emmy
Bill is a two times Emmy award winner; 2017 he won an EMMY for Spot news and also in 2019 he won the Television Academy Emmy for investigative reporting.
So honored to win the 2019 @TelevisionAcad EMMY for Investigative Reporting!! Trying to catch up with all the messages I’ve gotten, THANK YOU all so much for the constant support!!! And big congrats to my @FOXLA colleague @MattJohnsonNEWS for his big EMMY win as well! pic.twitter.com/DddKfZ87pg
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) July 28, 2019
He is also the 2018 and 2019 recipient of the RTNA’s Golden Mike Award for “Best Investigative Journalism” in southern California. He is also the recipient of a 2018 regional Edward R. Murrow award for hard news reporting.
Bill Melugin Salary
His base annual salary is estimated to be $80,000.
Bill Melugin Net worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million.
Bill Melugin Political Party
He has not publicly revealed his political affiliation.
Bill Melugin Border
In September 2021, Bill reported on the increased number of immigrants crossing the border into Texas, with many having originated from Haiti.
“This situation has completely spiraled out of control. We got here two days ago. It has only gotten significantly worse. Honestly, it’s just stunning to witness what we’re watching here on this river because we’ve been here for two hours now, almost two hours, and this line of people hasn’t stopped.”