Kelly Avellino

Kelly Avellino is an Emmy award-winning American journalist. She is an anchor and investigative reporter at NBC 12 Raycom Media. She is popular to produce and report weekly with NBC12 On Your Side investigators team.

Kelly became one of the most celebrated journalists in Richmond for her intense journalism. She gained a huge fan following for covering far-reaching stories such as the harrowing wait for an organ transplant.

Name Kelly Avellino
Age 37 Years
Gender Female
Height 5 Feet 7 Inches
Nationality American
Profession Journalist
Parents Patricia Avellino
Married/Single Married
Education Masters in Broadcast Journalism
Instagram kelly_avellino
Twitter @KellyAvellino

10 Facts On Kelly Avellino:

  1. Kelly Avellino received two Emmy Awards for her outstanding newscasts for NBC 12 in 2014 and 2015. Moreover, she was awarded the 2011 Associated Press Mark Twain Award for Best News Writing.
  2. The former sophomore of Montclair State University decided to pursue her further education in Journalism. She attended Masters in Broadcast Journalism at Columbia University- Graduate School of Journalism.
  3. Avellino began her career as an assignment desk editor, associate producer, and field producer in 2006. She worked for almost 1 year and 8 months at New Jersey Network News.
  4. In 2011, while working for NBC 11 News, Kelly received the 2011 Employee of the Year award. Likewise, she earned numerous honors and awards during her career.
  5. Kelly was born to mother Patricia Avellino and grew up with her parents in her hometown. She currently resides in Richmond, Virginia.
  6. Despite being such a popular journalist, she is not added to Wikipedia yet. However, her bio and career details can be found on her website.
  7. Avellino has obtained an enormous fan following on social media including Twitter and Instagram. She has gained 8.3k followers on Twitter and 6.6k on Instagram.
  8. With over 50k followers on Facebook, she has been ranked amongst the most celebrated journalists in Richmond. 
  9. The 37 years old beautiful journalist has been keeping secrets about her age, birthday, family, and husband. She has managed to keep her love life low-key.
  10. Like other leading journalists, she has not disclosed her salary yet. However, NBC 12 News anchor salaries ranged from $33k to $112k according to their seniority.
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