Katie Frates works with The Daily Caller as an editor and is also on the payroll of Olympic Media as managing editor. However, she grabbed public attention following her tweet about the protestors of Dakota Access Pipeline that were ran over. The media personality has also appeared on TV, making contributions to several discussions on issues bordering on politics, and has participated in many political talk shows like Fox and Friends, Cavuto: Coast to Coast, Lou Dobbs Tonight and The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton. Read on the get all the inside information on both her personal and professional life.
Katie Frates’ Bio (Age)
While there are no precise details on her city of birth, Katie Frates was born in the United States of America on the 20th of February 1992, though she is currently residing in Washington DC. The media personality is taciturn with information regarding her parents and siblings but she is quite close to her mom and dad who are believed to be part of the police academy.
Information on her early academic history is sadly lacking but she accomplished her high school graduation in 2010. Her educational qualifications did not end there; Katie proceeded to a college of liberal arts known as Hillsdale College (Originally Michigan Central College established in Spring Arbor, Michigan in 1844) majoring in finance with economics as her minor. Her days in college were eventful; she joined a sorority – Kappa Kappa Gamma PanHellenic, becoming the social chairman in her second year. Katie Frates was also active in her school’s cheerleading club, after her graduation in 2014; she still took an active part in the institution’s social life as the aspiring journalist willingly helped with functions such as campus fundraising like Reading is Fundamental and Relay for Life.
Katie Frates has always been a hard worker, putting her college summer months to good use at Macy’s in Redmond Washington working as a sales associate. Upon graduation, she did her four-month internship with the Daily Caller during the summer of 2014. Following her successful time as an intern with the media outlet, she was employed as a full-time staff in August 2014 in her capacity as an associate editor – a position which she held for nearly three years before she got a promotion to the rank of editor-in-chief in March 2017. Before the month ran out, she got an invite to Olympic Media (a Washington DC-based company majoring in marketing, consulting and technology) to work as the managing editor. She still maintains the position.
The heydays of her career saw her invited to media outlets like Fox News and One America News Network where she contributes her comments on political situations as well as events. Katie Frates has contributed quality content to the New York Times, The Washington Post and National Review.
She is currently with an Activision Blizzard division known as Major League Gaming (MLG) and was invited to eSports championships and events to function as the host. Majorly, she anchors Call of Duty World League championships, Overwatch League championships and as a true geek, she has also been the host of events like CWL Pro League 2019 Qualifier, CWL Las Vegas Open 2019, CWL Fort Worth 2019 and CWL Pro League 2019.
Net Worth and Salary
Katie Frates’ salary per year isn’t known publicly, thus making it difficult to ascertain her net worth, that said some sources have gone ahead to claim her personal fortune could be as large as $700, 000 and considering her success so far, it might not be too far from the fact.
Height
Katie Frates is of slim build, standing at a height of 5 feet 4 inches or 1.63 m with a commensurate weight of 55 kg or 121 lbs. She sports a mid-length carrot top which she normally wears in loose curls, or sometimes straight. Her skin is best described as pale and she has beautiful green eyes. Katie enjoys eating out most of the time and never misses dessert yet she manages to keep fit. Many people believe that she is Julianne Moore’s look alike.
Is Katie Frates Married?
Katie Frates is currently enjoying the perks of married life with her husband Christopher Bedford who also works with The Daily Caller News Foundation as the Editor in Chief. The duo got engaged on the 2nd of January 2018. Katie’s engagement ring is a golden number designed with a square ruby with a couple of smaller square diamonds framing it in. She immediately brandished the ring on her Instagram account captioning it with a quote from her grandma – “I chased him, till he caught me”.
It would appear that the couple was in an almighty rush to say I do as they wasted no time in tying the nuptial knot in October the same year at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostolic located in Washington DC. Prior to their wedding, Katie embarked on a detailed preparation for the big day, sharing every detail with the audience as she showed her shoes, her dress and many more.