The Highest-Paid Female News Anchors of All Time

Harris Faulkner: $6M

Conservative newscaster and TV host Harris Faulkner has received six Emmy Awards for her work as a broadcast journalist. Faulkner joined Fox News Channel in 2005, anchoring Fox Report Weekend from 2011 to 2017. She began hosting her own program, The Faulkner Focus, in 2021.

Samantha Ponder: $4.9M

Samantha Ponder is currently the host of Sunday NFL Countdown on ESPN. The sportscaster replaced Erin Andrews on College Gameday. She was also the regular sideline reporter for ESPN's Thursday Night College Football from 2012 to 2014.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.