Melissa Holmes is a three-time Emmy award-winning American broadcast journalist known for working as a co-anchor on WGRZ’s Daybreak Live from Buffalo, New York. She is among the best multimedia journalist who has over ten years of experience and has received several awards and nominations for her incredible reporting.
Melissa Holmes Age
Holmes has yet to go public with her exact date of birth and birthday. However, she is considered to be 30 to 40 years old and she was born in Amherst, New York City, United States.
Melissa Holmes Education
Holmes finished her early elementary school studies in her hometown, Amherst. She then joined Sweet Home High School and received her high school diploma. Holmes was even part of the journalism club at her high school before prom and graduation. Melissa then applied for a degree at Syracuse University and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism.
Melissa Holmes Height | Weight
Holmes stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.62 m). Her weight is also approximated to be 56 to 78 kilograms.
Melissa Holmes Family | Parents
Melissa is a loving wife and loving mother. She was born and raised by Caucasian Middle-class parents living in New York. Therefore, her parents raised her in a very loving way. However, Melissa has not yet gone public with the names of her mother and father.
Melissa Holmes Career
Holmes is currently known for working as a co-anchor for WGRZ’s morning daybreak news since 2012. So far she has been ranked as the best morning news anchor at the station and has received various awards and nominations. Holmes has won three Emmy awards for delivering the best news stories and news updates.
Before WGRZ News, Melissa worked as a news anchor and correspondent for WTVH 5 News and WSYR 9 News. She is known for delivering highly profiled news like the latest updates about Ralph Bucky Philips, Natural Disasters, and the Crash of Flight 3207 among other news reports. Holmes first began her career back in 2003 after completing her college graduation. Her first ever job as a journalist was working as a producer for CNY Central and WSTM News. After a few years, Melissa was promoted to on-air news reporter.
She became known for covering general news assignments from the field. Melissa’s most famous news reports at WSTM include tracking different hurricanes, Boston shootings and other breaking news stories. From there, she joined WTVH CBS5 & CW6 as a news anchor and general assignment reporter in Syracuse New York.
One Year later, she left WVH News and joined WSYR News as a reporter and fill-in anchor. Holmes gained experience in covering a wide range of news stories like Weather reports and natural disasters. She even advanced her ability to produce and deliver her own news features at the station. In 2005, Holmes left WSYR News and joined WIVB News as a reporter. She anchored her own solo news segment called Wake Up on the station.
The news segment aired from 07-09 am every day. This boosted her fame as a competent and skilled news anchor. Holmes spent seven years at WNLO News before finally leaving and joining WGRZ News under TEGNA News Corporation. Her first responsibilities and duties at WGRZ News were working as a general assignment reporter. Holmes then worked her way up to Morning News Anchor on WGRZ’s Day Break where she now works.
Melissa Holmes Husband
Holmes is currently married to her long-term lover Jay Skurski. Jay also works as a sports reporter and journalist for The Buffalo News Media outlet. The two love birds first met back in early 2012 immediately after Meliisa had moved to Buffalo to work for WRGZ News. Melissa and Jay dated for three years before finally getting married through a church wedding. The couple is now blessed with one son named Elliott Skuski. Melissa is known to enjoy traveling, hanging out with family, and snowboarding during her free time.
Melissa Holmes Kids
Melissa is the proud mother of one son named Elliot Skuski. She is very close with her son and she always finds time for him after work. Elliot was born around 2016. Therefore, Melissa’s son is about 7 to 8 years old as of 2023. Elliot loves his mother so much. The family now resides in the upper suburbs of Buffalo, New York
Melissa Holmes Salary
Holmes is believed to be making around $55,000 to $78,000 from her full-time work as a WGRZ’s Day Break co-anchor. She also made around $78,000 from her previous jobs.
Melissa Holmes Net Worth
Holmes is an Emmy Award Winning Journalist whose net worth is approximated to be $2 Million as of 2024. Her net worth is specified according to the number of properties under her name and her annual salary.
Melissa Holmes Hometown
Holmes was born and raised in Amherst, New York, her hometown. Therefore, she moved from Amherst and worked in Syracuse before moving to Buffalo, New York.
Melissa Holmes Weightloss
Holmes has been rumored to have lost a significant amount of weight according to her current and past photos online. She did reveal online that exercising regularly at the gym and eating a healthy diet as part of her weight loss routine.
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Melissa Holmes Social Media
Holmes’s Facebook page, Twitter page, Instagram page, and LinkedIn page are here.
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