Beth Taylor

January 9, 2024
Journalist

Quick Facts

Beth Taylor
Full Name Beth Taylor
Occupation Journalist
Date Of Birth Oct 14, 1954(1954-10-14)
Age 70
Birthplace New Orleans
Country United States
Horoscope Capricorn

Beth Taylor Biography

Name Beth Taylor
Birthday Oct 14
Birth Year 1954
Place Of Birth New Orleans
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Capricorn

Beth Taylor is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on October 14, 1954 in New Orleans, United States. Beth Taylor (born October 14, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American author, public relations practitioner and journalist who has worked as a television sportscaster, newscaster, producer and director, as well as a general assignment reporter in both print and broadcast mediums. Taylor became Mississippi’s first female television sportscaster when hired by WDAM-TV (an NBC affiliate) in Laurel-Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She has also worked in media relations, public relations, video productions, advertising, marketing, and as a communications consultant.

Taylor began her career as Campaign News Secretary to the Henson Moore for Congress Campaign in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1974 while still a student at LSU. Following graduation in 1977, she worked as a journalist until 1989, when she turned her attention to healthcare marketing as Director of Admissions and Marketing at Pine Grove Recovery Center, an extension of Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It was during this time she became a recipient of the Outstanding Sales and Marketing Award given by the Hattiesburg Chapter of Sales & Marketing Executives International.

At LSU Taylor worked at WLSU, (now KLSU, owned by the LSU Board of Supervisors) the student-run campus radio station in 1976 beginning as a student reporter and in her senior year was selected News Director.

In December 1978 Taylor accepted the position at WDAM-TV (NBC affiliate) in Laurel-Hattiesburg, Mississippi, which made her the first female sportscaster in that state. Taylor produced and anchored the late local sportscast for seven years, beginning in December 1978. During her tenure Taylor was one of the first female sports journalists to conduct post-game interviews in male locker rooms, including in the National Football League. In 1980 Taylor earned a Certificate of Excellence in sports reporting from the Mississippi Broadcasters Association.

Her college career began at Loyola University New Orleans in May 1972. In August 1972 she transferred to Louisiana State University in New Orleans (now The University of New Orleans), where she spent one academic year. In August 1973 Taylor transferred to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Taylor graduated from LSU in August 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Her major emphasis was Journalism, with a minor in Geology.

Beth Taylor Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Journalist
House Living in own house.

Beth Taylor is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Beth Taylor 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her story is an honest, brave, heartbreaking, and hopeful look at her journey to explore and overcome the sexual abuse. She gives her excruciating account of discovery, as she copes with repressed memories which surfaced with unexpected, and unwelcome, flashbacks of sexual abuse. That abuse began in 1958, when she was a 5-year-old student. She writes as a journalist, in factual tones, as she and her therapist chart a course to move from confusion and despair to understanding and promise.

Born to Rita Joy Bova Taylor and Eddie Anthony Taylor, Beth Taylor was educated primarily in the Catholic school system of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. She attended St. Anthony of Padua School from September 1958 until June 1962, John Dibert School from September 1962 to June 1966, and St. Francis Xavier School from September 1966 to May 1968. Her high school years were spent at the all-girls Catholic Archbishop Chapelle High School in Metairie, Louisiana, from August 1968 until she graduated in May 1972.

Taylor did two student internships, both of which resulted in full-time employment. The first was at what was then WRBT-TV (now WVLA-TV) the Baton Rouge ABC affiliate in 1976, where she went to work after graduation as a reporter, producer, and fill-in news anchor when the station became the NBC affiliate. In the summer of 1976 she was selected as one of two women to intern at The Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans. where she spent a year as a staff reporter following the internship.

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Taylor is the author of the book Bless Them Father, for They Have Sinned, which was published in the summer of 2012. As a child, Taylor experienced something so traumatic that her brain forced her to forget the events for more than 40 years. That event was clergy sexual abuse at the hands of member of the Catholic clergy.

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Beth Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Beth Taylor celebrates birthday on October 14 of every year.

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