Deena Centofanti Profile
Deena Centofanti is an American Emmy award-winning anchor and reporter who specializes in health reporting. At the station, she anchors anchors “The Nine”. She joined the news team in 1997.
Deena Centofanti Age
Centofanti is 58 years as of 2023. She was born on 4th October 1965, in Detroit Michigan, United States of America. Furthermore, she celebrates her birthday on the 4th of October every year.
Deena Centofanti Height
She stands at an average height of 5 feet 5 inches tall.
Deena Centofanti Family
Centofanti’s mother Marsha is full of compassion and her dad Joe is a great storyteller. She has a brother with special needs and throughout her teens she felt like she was walking a tightrope, trying to balance being a proud sister while quietly blending into the crowd. She spent her early childhood in a Norman Rockwell-like town; in Hudson, Ohio. In 8th grade, they moved to a suburb of Cincinnati.
Deena Centofanti Husband
She became very close friends with a production director, Keith at WSYX in Columbus, Ohio. As she moved on to slightly higher-paying jobs, Keith did too. At times there were many miles between us, but they always felt like a team. Finally, in 1996, they got married- and that was just the beginning of many blessings. Additionally, in 1999 she became a mom- and that little boy introduced her to a new level of love.
Centofanti stayed up late researching everything she could after how to raise a healthy, happy child. That’s when she got the opportunity to be a health reporter. She didn’t take it lightly at the time, and this is still a job she considers to be an honor and a challenge. Furthermore, she gave birth to a daughter in 2002 and then another baby girl in 2005. Her three children keep her fulfilled beyond words as they often keep her humble as well.
Deena Centofanti Biography
Centofanti spent her early childhood in a Norman Rockwell-like town; Hudson, Ohio. She remembers ice cream socials, a town square with a gazebo, and the exciting controversy that came when McDonald’s wanted to build on the outskirts of the village. In 8th grade, they moved to a suburb of Cincinnati- moving at that time, did conjure up all the angst of a John Hughes movie. Centofanti has a brother with special needs and throughout her teens she felt like she was walking a tightrope, trying to balance being a proud sister while quietly blending into the crowd.
After high school, she was thrilled to attend Miami (of Ohio) University where she studied broadcast journalism. Her mother Marsha is full of compassion and her dad Joe is a great storyteller, she was hoping to tap into both those skills and make a difference by telling other people’s stories. In 1990 it was a humble start to her tv career at WSYX in Columbus, Ohio. She was making $5 an hour, doing any job they gave her. This is where she became very close friends with a production director, Keith. As she moved on to slightly higher-paying jobs, Keith did too. At times there were many miles between us, but we always felt like a team. Finally, in 1996, we got married- and that was just the beginning of many blessings.
Deena Centofanti Career
In 1997, she landed the opportunity of a lifetime, the chance to work in Detroit at Fox 2 news. Initially, her work life here was challenging; getting to know a new city and new people, and figuring out how to generate sources and stories. As her work life was hard, her personal life was rewarding. In 1999 she became a mom- and that little boy introduced her to a new level of love. Centofanti stayed up late researching everything she could after how to raise a healthy, happy child. That’s when she got the opportunity to be a health reporter. She didn’t take it lightly at the time, and this is still a job she considers to be an honor and a challenge.
As her work life blossomed so did her family. She gave birth to a daughter in 2002 and then another baby girl in 2005. Her three children keep her fulfilled beyond words as they often keep her humble as well. In her more than 2 decades at Fox 2, she has met so many incredible people, who share personal stories of hardship, tragedy, and bad fortune… to help the rest of us learn and grow. She has cried with women facing advanced breast cancer, she has stood with parents who, with pride and tears, watch their disabled children ride a custom bike for the first time, and she has felt the despair of a family suddenly facing a devastating loss that no one saw coming.
Deena Centofanti Salary
She has an estimated annual salary of $30,000 to $80,000 from her career at FOX 2 News.
Deena Centofanti Net Worth
Centofanti has an estimated annual Net Worth of $ 1 million to $5 million earned from her career as an Anchor and Reporter.
Deena Centofanti Social Media Platforms
Centofanti is very active on her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. She has 35.6k followers on Twitter, 6.9k followers on Instagram, and 28k followers on Facebook.