Art Rascon Biography
Art Rascon Age
Rascon was born on December 4, 1962, in El Paso, Texas, and grew up in Denver, Colorado. He is hence 60 years old as of 2022, he is an American by nationality.
Art Rascon Wife
Rascon has already found love and is happily married to a very lovely wife by the name of Patti Rascon. The couple tied the knot on November 1, 1985, together they have 7 children. Coincidentally, two of his children like his father, they work as journalists.
Battle with Covid- 19
On Friday, January 15, 2021, Art shared with his fans his experience with Coid-19 where he said it was unfortunate that he had not been spared by the virus. He thanked all that were praying and walking with him through the journey to recovery, Art Rascon said he was isolated but due to the love given to him by his sweetheart, Patti, he was going on well and that he would recover quickly. A regional leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Texas is continuing to recover from this battle gradually, his breathing has really improved.
Art Rascon Career
Rascon went to Brigham Young University and afterward did additional studies on European Politics in Madrid, Spain. Being an Emmy award-winning reporter, he joined ABC13 in September 1998, at the moment, he serves as an anchor of the 11 am 5 pm, and 6 pm newscasts. Art has covered so major events ranging from conflicts and wars in Iraq, the Balkans, in most parts of the Middle East, among others, he has traveled with scores of juvenile immigrants on their deadly trek to the U.S. border. Rascon has reported widely on U.S. Presidential elections, terrorist attacks at home and also abroad, and many more. Art has covered other natural disasters in the world like the tsunami in Indonesia. Rascon was actually one of the first journalists to report out of Haiti after the earthquake.
Good to know, Ras was working for CBS NEWS as a correspondent, reporting on major issues like Haiti’s civil unrest, Mexico’s guerrilla wars, TWA, and other airline disasters, and a number of other international stories. Since’89 up to ’94, he worked at KABC-TV in Los Angeles as a reporter, covering very notable events like the Rodney King beating trial, the L.A. riots, and the O.J. Simpson case, among others. Before then, Art was a reporter, producer, and anchor in San Antonio, El Paso, Abilene, and Salt Lake City.
Achievements
This skilled anchor is widely traveled and hence has been reported from more than seventy countries,5 continents, and almost every state in the Union. Rascon has won 20 Emmys and has been nominated for 27. He has received more than 36 other local and national reporting awards like two Edward R. Murrow awards, and three National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ awards, to name but a few. He has also won more than 12 outstanding reporting awards from Press Clubs in Miami, Houston, and Los Angeles.
Art Rascon Salary
Just like most journalists of his level in America, Art earns a salary between $100,000-$200,000 annually.
Art Rascon’s Net Worth
Rascon’s estimated net worth is $2.3 million. His primary source is his job as a news anchor at ABC13.
Social Media Accounts
Rascon is active on social media and he posts personal and work-related stuff from time to time. He has over 2000 followers on Instagram, about 1500 on Facebook, and around 2300 on Twitter.