Rosemary Church Biography
Rosemary Church is an Australian news anchor working for CNN as an anchor for the 2 to 4 a.m. ET edition of CNN Newsroom. She joined the CNN news team in 1998, after previously working for ATV.
Rosemary Church Career
Church has been a CNN International reporter for more than 30 years and has won several awards for his work covering big events around the world. In Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, she hosts CNN Newsroom in the morning. In Asia and Australia, she does the same thing in the afternoon. On CNN International, her shows air Monday through Thursday from 07:00 to 09:00 GMT/02:00 to 04:00 ET.
Church has been with CNN since 1998 and has covered many big events around the world and talked to a huge number of analysts and newsmakers. She was on the air when the news came out that Osama bin Laden had died. During her show, the news came out that Japan had an earthquake and a possible tsunami, which led to hours of live coverage of the tragedy.
She led the network’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing war in Ukraine, the rescue efforts for the 12 boys and their coach who were trapped in a cave in Thailand, and the Parkland, Florida school shooting, where survivors spoke out against gun violence in America. She also talked about the terrible events at Fuego Volcano in Guatemala, the meeting in Singapore between President Trump and Kim Jong Un of North Korea, the chemical attack in Douma, Syria, which killed many people, and the immigration problem in Europe.
This year, she talked to famous Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim right after Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad freed him from prison and gave him a pardon. She also talked to former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd about the Trump-Kim summit and author Bill Browder about the dangers he thinks Vladimir Putin poses to the world.
Church, Nick Paton Walsh, and Phil Black won the prestigious Golden Nymph Award for Best 24-Hour News Programme at the Monte Carlo Television Festival in 2014 for their coverage of the unrest in Ukraine, which included a shooting that killed someone in Kiev’s Independence Square during protests against the government. The same story also won them the award for Best Short News Report at the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) awards. She also helped CNN win the 2006 Edward R. Murrow Award for its coverage of the fight between Israel and Hezbollah.
Church worked as the Senior Anchor for five years at Australia Television (ATV), which was the country’s first foreign satellite news service. When she went to Asia, she also filed stories for ATV and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) Foreign Correspondent program. Church won the New York Festival’s TV programming award while working at ATV for his coverage of China’s takeover of Hong Kong in 1997. Church started working at ABC TV in 1991 as a reporter and host for the main evening news show in Tasmania. She also hosted the summer version of ABC TV’s World at Noon show.
Before this, Church worked for five years with the National Media Liaison Service at Parliament House in Canberra. During that time, she also hosted weekend news shows on Channel Ten’s news service. In 1984, she worked for a Member of the Federal Parliament as a scriptwriter and media officer. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University in Canberra and has also done graduate work at the University of Canberra in both law and media.
At CNN, Scholes works alongside; Fareed Zakaria, Fredricka Whitfield, Bill Weir, Amara Walker, John Avlon, Dana Bash, David Axelrod, John Berman, Victor Blackwell, Wolf Blitzer, Kate Bolduan, Pamela Brown, Kim Brunhuber, Erin Burnett, Alisyn Camerota, Julia Chatterley, Laura Coates, Anderson Cooper, Audie Cornish, Amanda Davies, Max Foster, Bianna Golodryga, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Laila Harrak, Erica Hill, Michael Holmes, Van Jones, Brianna Keilar, Lynda Kinkade, John King, Melissa Knowles, Christina Macfarlane, John Miller, Veronica Miracle, Bianca Nobilo, Abby Phillip, Brad Parks, Richard Quest, Don Riddell, Michael Smerconish, Boris Sanchez, Tom Sater.
Rosemary Church Salary
Church earns a salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Rosemary Church Net Worth
Church has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which she has earned through her career as a news anchor.
Rosemary Church Age
Church was born on November 10, 1962, in Belfast, United Kingdom. She is 61 years old as of 2023, and she celebrates her birthday on the 10th of November every year.
Rosemary Church Height and Weight
Church stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall (1.75m) and weighs 58 kgs (127 lbs).
Rosemary Church Family
Church was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland to her loving parents. Her mother died in 2017 in her sleep. She lived in London with her family until she was 8 years old when they went to Australia. More information about her father and siblings will be updated when available.
Rosemary Church Husband and Children
Church is married to Patrick O’Byrne, who is a professional nurse. They met when Church was anchoring a show on TV and they dated for two years six months before tieng the knot in 1995. They have been blessed with 3 children; two sons named Madeline and James and a daughter named Hanna. During her free time, she loves spending time with her three children and husband such as fun at the beach, family dinner, and rafting.
Rosemary Church Social Media Platform
Church is very active on her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. She has 60.5k followers on Twitter 10.2k followers on Instagram, and 41k followers on Facebook.