Katelyn Polantz is an American personality and reporter who covers justice and criminal cases. She writes about politically sensitive investigations, including the Justice Department and the separation of powers. She has worked for the news and media channel CNN since October 2017.
Katelyn Polantz Net Worth
Katelyn Polantz has worked in the media and newspaper industry for 16 years. Also, an employee working for the media channels can make $45K to $90K annually. Katelyn Polantz might be making a net worth of $1 million.
| Net Worth: | $1 Million |
|---|---|
| Real Name: | Katelyn Polantz |
| Birth Date: | 1986-1987 |
| Age (as of 2024): | 37 Years |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Height: | – |
| Husband: | Jared Thomas Soares |
Early Life
Katelyn Polantz, also known as Katelyn Jo Polantz, is 37 years old as of 2024. She attended the University of Pittsburgh from 2006 to 2009, receiving a B.A. in English Literature, majoring in Communication or rhetoric. Katelyn is the daughter of Joan Gorczycki Polantz [mother] and Joseph L. Polantz [father] of Johnstown, Pa. Both her parents have worked in the healthcare department.
Her father was the vice president in the sales and marketing department of an Australian company called Compumedics, which makes and researches equipment based on sleep and brain diagnostics. The father is retired now, and the mother is also retired from her job at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Johnstown, where she was a medical technologist.
Career
Katelyn Polantz began her professional career in the media and newspaper industry in 2008. She worked as editor-in-chief for The Pitt News from April 2008 to April 2009, and her job was based in the Greater Pittsburgh Area.
From Sep 2009 to Apr 2012, she went to The Roanoke Times, based in Roanoke, Virginia Area. There, she worked as a reporter writing about the Farms, schools, and local government in southwestern Virginia. The following year, she was a reporter/producer for PBS NewsHour in the Washington D.C. Metro Area.
She covered the Presidential elections in 2012 while working for PBS NewsHour. From Jan 2014 to Oct 2017, she worked for ALM Media, LLC as a Business of Law Reporter and Data Editor. She reported for the National Law Journal and American Lawyer Magazine.
While working for ALM Media, LLC, she would report to Washington’s legal community. Since October 2017, she has worked for CNN in the Washington D.C. Metro Area. While working for CNN, she reported on Trump’s impeachment proceedings, congressional subpoena fights, the Mueller investigation, and the Capitol insurrection.
The report that she made on Roger Stone made CNN win an Emmy award in 2020 for the coverage of his arrest. She has let the public notice the thousands of government documents and court records after she started working for the legal department of CNN. Additionally, she has made public releases on such government records and documents.
Personal Life
Katelyn Jo Polantz and Jared Thomas Soares have been married since 3rd November 2018. They walked down the aisle in Pittsburgh The Rev. Bernard Karmanocky at the Heinz Memorial Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh. Jared Thomas Soares is 43 years old as of 2024 and has been working as a documentary and portrait photographer in Washington.
His work has been published in various newspapers and magazines, such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Rolling Stone magazine. He received his college degree from the University of Kansas.
Besides, he has released a book called “Days Before/ Days After”, and many of his portraits and photographs remain on display in various museums and centres. The couple met in 2009 when both worked for The Roanoke Times, a newspaper in Roanoke, Va.
Social Media
Katelyn Polantz is available on LinkedIn and goes by the same name with 500+ connections & 1,439 followers. Katelyn is available on Instagram under the name kpolantz but goes private. In her Instagram bio, she writes, “Turn off the news and build a garden 🌺.” On Twitter, she goes by the name Katelyn Polantz [@kpolantz], which she joined in March 2011. She has 55.4K followers and 3,298 following members.
