Kyra Phillips

Born in Illinois, Jacksonville was where Phillips grew up. She again moved to San Diego in California at the age of 4, as her parents found jobs there as professors at the San Diego State University. After completing her schooling from Helix High School, she joined the University of Southern California and earned her bachelor's degree major in Journalism. After her graduation, she worked as a weekend anchor/reporter for WLUK-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Phillips has been active in the journalism scene for around 20 years or so, and she has been praised as well as criticized in this long career.

In 1994, she started working at WDSU-TV, located in New Orleans, Lousiana. She then held different positions in different news/journalism agencies: KAMC-TV's morning anchor in Lubbock, Texas; CNN-Telemundo's field producer in Washington, D.C; KCBS-TV's special assignment unit journalist in Los Angeles, California.

Earlier, for 13 years she worked for CNN. She is 47 years of age.  One instance when she faces fierce criticism was when she was insensitive while interviewing a 12-year-old boy who had lost both his arms as well as his relatives due to an air-strike by the US forces in Iraq, in April 2003. Even then, it is of utmost importance for every celebrity to create a virtual image and goodwill these days by interacting with their fans on social media.

Phillips is 5 feet 6 inches in height. Phillips had been married earlier to John Assad, but in 2010 she and John Roberts, a Fox News correspondent got engaged. The couple has 2 children that are twins. She did return to work after being a mother, and her interview with adweek.com shows how happy she is being a mother to twins and a proud wife to a wonderful husband.

Phillips and Roberts have stated that they will marry once they find the time since both of them are very busy in the journalism field. Her total net worth is of $5.2 Million Dollars. 

Apart from what regular work she does for the HLN, Phillips takes part in BTFC (Brain Tumor Foundation for Children), TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors), Global Down Syndrome Foundation, and since 1992 the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Phillips has another feather to her cap, being the last journalist to fly an F-14 TOMCAT fighter plane before it was decommissioned from service by the US NAVY.

Her posts on these sites are mainly related to her family life and work. Phillips has over 40 thousand followers on Twitter, and more on Facebook .