Renee Chenault-Fattah
| Renee Chenault-Fattah | |
|---|---|
 Renee Chenault-Fattah with her husband Chaka Fattah, March 2007 | |
| Born |
Renée Yvette Chenault[1] October 12, 1957 Littleton, Colorado, U.S. |
| Other names | Renee Y. Chenault[2] |
| Education |
University of Missouri University of Pennsylvania Law School Johns Hopkins University |
| Occupation | NBC 10 (Philadelphia, PA) News Anchor |
| Title | NBC 10 News Anchor |
| Spouse(s) | US Congressman Chaka Fattah |
| Children |
Cameron Chenault Chandler Fattah |
| Website | NBC 10 Bio |
Renee Chenault-Fattah (born October 12, 1957 in Littleton, Colorado) is a former co-anchor of the WCAU NBC 10 News at 4 and 6 p.m. on weeknights in Philadelphia.[3] She is married to former U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah of the 2nd Congressional District of Pennsylvania.
Biography
Early life and education
Chenault-Fattah majored in political science at Johns Hopkins University, and went on to earn her J.D. at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She worked at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, a law firm in New York, and then clerked for Judge Damon Keith of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. She then began her media career, earning a master's degree in journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
Career
She joined the station in September 1991, and served as an anchor and a reporter. After a few years anchoring the now-defunct noon broadcast with Tim Lake, she was promoted to the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news in March 1995. In 2003, Lake joined Chenault as co-anchor at 4 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m., after she had spent 8 years co-anchoring newscasts at 6 and 11, first with Ken Matz and then with Larry Mendte.
After being suspended for seven months following her husband's indictment, Chenault-Fattah left the station on February 24, 2016.[4]
Honors and awards
Chenault-Fattah was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Sy Snyder's Power 50" list of influential individuals in Pennsylvania politics in 2002.[5] She was also named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women"[6]
The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Chenault-Fattah into their Hall of Fame in 2009.
Personal life
Chenault-Fattah is the third wife of Pennsylvania politician Chaka Fattah and they have a daughter together named Chandler Fattah. 2 1/2 years prior to marrying Fattah, Chenault-Fattah had a daughter named Cameron Chenault through artificial insemination. She is stepmother to Frances ("Fran") Fattah, and Chaka Fattah Jr., known as "Chip" (31 years old in March 2015).[7][8]
References
- ↑ "WEDDINGS - Renée Chenault, Chaka Fattah". NYTimes.com. 2001-04-08. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ Renee Y. Chenault. "Renee Y. Chenault Lawyer Profile on". Martindale.com. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ "Renee Chenault-Fattah out at NBC10".
- ↑ "NBC10 anchor Renee Chenault-Fattah departs station months after husband's indictment". bizjournals.com. 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ "Sy Snyder's Power 50". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on April 21, 2002.
- ↑ "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women". Pennsylvania Report. Capital Growth, Inc. 2001. Archived from the original on February 9, 2004.
- ↑ Maryclaire Dale (March 22, 2015). "US Rep's son says he's 'collateral damage' in bid to get dad". Associated Press. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
Chip Fattah — reed-thin and always smiling — can talk a blue streak. But he paused, atypically, when asked how long he had lived with his father, a 10-term Philadelphia Democrat, before his parents divorced. His sister, Fran, is a lawyer running for city judge. Fattah Sr., 58, also has two young daughters with his third wife, local TV anchor Renee Chenault-Fattah.
- ↑ "Party politics: Fattah, Chenault exchange vows With help from their children, the congressman and the news anchor held a big church wedding.". philly-archives. 2001-04-08. Retrieved 2016-06-21. "Fattah's daughter, Frances, a second-year law student, was maid of honor; his son, Chaka "Chip" Jr., a college freshman, was best man. The bride's daughter, 2 1/2-year-old Cameron Chenault, balked at walking down the aisle with the other five flower girls, so she had to be carried by her grandfather, Arthur Chenault."