Quick Facts of Katharine Julia Harlow

  • Full NameKatharine Julia Harlow
  • Net Worth$6 Million
  • Date of Birth02 May, 1982
  • NicknameHarlow
  • Marital Status Married
  • BirthplaceMinneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
  • Ethnicity Caucasian
  • Religion Christian
  • ProfessionAnchor, CNN Newsroom
  • Nationality American
  • Active Year2007-Present
  • Eye colour Greeenish
  • Hair colour Blonde
  • BuildMesomorph
  • SpouseSinisa Babcic (M. 2012)
  • Height5t 5inches (1.65M)
  • Weight55Kg (121lbs)
  • Body Measurement34-25-36
  • EducationColumbia University
  • Online PresenceFacebook (257K followers), Instagram (27.9K followers), Twitter (107K followers)
  • Children2 - Sienna Babcic (b. April 11, 2016), Luca James Babcic (b. February 6, 2018).
  • Horoscope Taurus
Poppy Harlow Bio, Wiki, Net Worth, Salary, CNN, Height, Age & Husband

Poppy Harlow is an American reporter, producer, and journalist, best known for reporting at CNN and Forbes. Moreover, she is an anchor of CNN Newsroom and CNN’s New York news bureau. Previously, she was a business correspondent at CNN, CNN International, and HLN, an anchor for CNNMoney, and a Forbes Video Network anchor. Also, she is a weekday relief presenter for CNN’s New Day early-morning news program.

Harlow has maintained a handsome amount of net worth and earns an impressive salary from her profession. Besides, Harlow is married to Sinisa Babcic. Moreover, the couple shares two lovely children; a daughter, Sienna Babcic and a son, Luca James Babcic. Let’s find out the information about Poppy Harlow’s career as well as her personal life.

Who is Katharine Julia Harlow? Her Bio & Wiki

Poppy Harlow is one of the out-spoken journalists in journalism history. She was born on 2nd May 1982, in Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S. Moreover, Harlow’s nationality is American and her ethnicity is Caucasian-White. She was raised by James Lee Harlow, an Attorney but sadly her father died when she was 15 and Mary Louise Baird, a homemaker.

CNN's Poppy Harlow: Like father, like daughter
CNN’s Poppy Harlow: Like father, like daughter

Concerning about Harlow’s education, she attended The Blake School, a private co-educational college preparatory school in Minneapolis, in 2001. Later, She graduated with Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University, with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Middle Eastern studies.

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Inside of Poppy Harlow’s Career

Talking about Poppy Harlow’s profession, Harlow pursued her career after interning at CBS while in college as working for CBS MarketWatch and as an assistant producer for CBS Newspath. Later, she became an anchor and reporter for NY1 News’ Local Edition. While at NY1, her news beat covered Staten Island and New Jersey, including reports on local politics, the economy, and local cultural events. In September 2007, she was hired by Forbes Video Network, where her area of coverage expanded to fashion, entertainment and business topics.

AT CNN

Poppy Harlow was named a New York-based CNN correspondent in April 2012. Later, she joined CNN in 2008 and served as the anchor for CNNMoney. Moreover, she also served as an anchor for CNN, CNN International and HLN. Also, she has won the Gracie Award for best online investigative program or feature and SABEW’s Best in Business award.

Beginning on February 6, 2017, Harlow and her partner, John Berman took over as the new co-anchors of CNN Newsroom from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M every morning due to Carol Costello’s move to HLN.

How much is Poppy Harlow’s Salary & Net Worth?

Poppy Harlow has an estimated net worth of $6 Million as of 2019. Moreover, she has worked for many different networks and has earned a decent amount of money during her career. Furthermore, she has an impressive amount of salary of $2 Million as an anchor for CNNMoney.com and a reporter for CNN, HLN, and CNN International.

According to Payscale, an American journalist salary varies significantly based on where the job is and the field it’s in. Larger cities tend to have higher salaries, while broadcast jobs typically gave more than print. Moreover, a Journalist earned a median salary of $39,370 back in May 2017. Furthermore, the lowest 10 percent of a journalist salary earns less than $22,970. Moreover, the highest 10 percent of a journalist salary earns more than $90,540.

Furthermore, Harlow has worked with Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Kate Bolduan, John King, Michael Smerconish, and Brooke Baldwin in the Cable News Network (CNN). Moreover, Bolduan’s net worth is $3 Million (Salary $200 Thousand) which is more than Kings’ net worth of $2 Million (Salary $67,000). Further, Baldwin’s net worth is $1.3 Million which is less than Smerconish’s net worth of $2 Million (Salary $44,198). Also, Blitzer has an impressive net worth of $16 Million (Salary $5 Million). Cooper is one of the highest salaries in the CNN network with a net worth of $110 Million (Salary $12 Million).

Who is Poppy Harlow’s Husband? Her Marriage & Children

Coming up to Poppy Harlow’s personal life, Harlow is now 36 years old and a married woman. Moreover, Harlow tied the knot with Sinisa Babcic on 1 September 2012. The couple shares two adorable children, a daughter, Sienna Babcic (born on April 11, 2016) and a son, Luca James Babcic (born on February 6, 2018).

Sienna and Sinisa visit Poppy on the CNN New Day set.
Sienna and Sinisa visit Poppy on the CNN New Day set.

Furthermore, Harlow’s husband, Sinisa isn’t very keen on revealing his personal details including his profession. Also, he hasn’t given any information regarding his family. Currently, Harlow is busy with her work while focusing on her career. Hence, the couple is living a happy married life without any ups and downs.

Rumors & Controversies Of Poppy Harlow

In 2013, while reporting on the conviction of 2 Steubenville, Ohio, high school football players for the rape of a 16-year-old. Poppy Harlow stated that it was incredibly difficult, even for an outsider like me, to watch what happened as these two young men that had such promising futures, star football players, very good students, literally watched as they believed their lives fell apart Ma’lik Richmond, a football player collapsed and told his attorney;

“My life is over. No one is going to want me now”.

YSU decides on football player convicted in 2012 Steubenville teen rape case
YSU decides on football player convicted in 2012 Steubenville teen rape case

Furthermore, this apparent expression of sympathy for the rapists provoked widespread criticism. A petition requesting that CNN apologize on the air for sympathizing with the Steubenville rapists received over 250,000 signatures within 2 days of CNN’s report.