Omar Jimenez Biography
Omar Jimenez is an Emmy Award-winning television personality serving as a CNN Correspondent based in New York. He joined CNN in 2019, initially working in the Chicago bureau. Before his role at CNN, Jimenez worked with CNN Newsource starting in 2017, delivering breaking news coverage for CNN’s network of over 900 affiliates nationwide. Before his tenure at CNN, Jimenez was a reporter and fill-in anchor at WBAL-TV in Baltimore.
Omar Jimenez Age
Jimenez is 30 years old as of August 2024. He was born on November 27, 1993, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
Omar Jimenez Height
He is 1.85 m tall.
Omar Jimenez Nationality
He is American.
Omar Jimenez Education
Jimenez attended Kennesaw Mountain High School, where he played basketball until a back injury sidelined him for eight months. He later earned a degree in broadcast journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. During his time at Northwestern, he was also a member of the varsity men’s basketball team from 2011 to 2013.
Omar Jimenez Family
Jimenez is Afro-Latino, with his mother, Jayne Morgan, being an African American cardiologist, and his father, Omar Jimenez Jr., a Colombian neurosurgeon. He grew up in Kennesaw, Georgia, and has three brothers. Following his parents’ divorce when he was in sixth grade, he was raised by his mother.
Omar Jimenez Wife
Omar is married to Maya Voelk. The couple tied the knot on July 6, 2024, in a colorful wedding.
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Omar Jimenez CNN
Jimenez is an Emmy Award-winning CNN Correspondent based in New York. He joined CNN in 2019 as a correspondent in the Chicago bureau, where he played a key role in covering major national and international stories. Notable among these are the murder of George Floyd, the initial COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., and the sudden death of Kobe Bryant.
During the Minneapolis protests following George Floyd’s death, Jimenez and his team were detained live on air by Minnesota State Patrol, an incident that garnered widespread attention. They were held for just over an hour before being released to resume their reporting. Jimenez subsequently led CNN’s coverage of both the trial and conviction of the officer responsible for Floyd’s murder.
Jimenez’s extensive coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic included reporting from the hardest-hit areas of the U.S., such as emergency rooms, jails, and city hotspots, addressing both the medical and economic impacts.
Before joining CNN’s main network, Jimenez worked for CNN Newsource starting in 2017, where he covered breaking news for CNN’s over 900 affiliates nationwide. His notable reports included the aftermath of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire in Paris, the Las Vegas mass shooting, and the 2017 hurricanes in Florida and Texas, contributing to CNN’s Emmy Award-nominated coverage.
Jimenez won his first National News & Documentary Emmy Award in 2021 for his coverage of George Floyd’s death. He was nominated for the “Outstanding Emerging Journalist” award in 2022 for his work the previous year. Before CNN, Jimenez was a reporter and fill-in anchor at WBAL-TV in Baltimore, where he earned an individual Emmy nomination for general assignment reporting and covered significant stories like the Freddie Gray trials and the opioid crisis.
Jimenez began his career as a multimedia journalist at WGEM-TV in Quincy, IL, reporting on diverse topics including the local methamphetamine trade.
Omar Jimenez Salary
Jimenez’s salary at CNN is estimated to be between $80,000 and $120,000 per year.
Omar Jimenez Net Worth
Jimenez’s net worth is estimated to be around $1 million to $3 million.
