John Seigenthaler net worth and salary: John Seigenthaler is a Journalist who has a net worth of $1.7 Million. John Seigenthaler was born in in July 27, 1927. Best remembered as a journalist, editor, and publisher with Nashville's The Tennessean newspaper, this one-time president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors also worked during the early 1960s as an assistant to politician Robert F. Kennedy.
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💰John Seigenthaler Net worth: $1.7 Million (Updated at 15 March 2019)
About
Best remembered as a journalist, editor, and publisher with Nashville's The Tennessean newspaper, this one-time president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors also worked during the early 1960s as an assistant to politician Robert F. Kennedy.
Before Fame
Following his graduation from Father Ryan High School in Nashville, Tennessee, he became a sergeant in the United States Air Force. After beginning his journalistic career, he took classes at Peabody College and Harvard and Columbia universities.
Trivia
In the mid 1970s, he encouraged future United States Vice President Al Gore, a family friend and fellow journalist, to pursue a political career.
Family Life
His marriage to Dolores Watson lasted from 1955 until his death in 2014 and resulted in a son, John Michael Seigenthaler, who had a career as a news anchor.
Associated With
He and future Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam worked at The Tennessean during the same time period.
