Who is Janice Dean? Flash Uganda Media looks at her biography, age, husband, family, tribe, achievements, and relationship with Stella Dean, Sean Newman, Theodore Patrick Newman, Omnivac, and the early life and education of the current Member of a Canadian-born American actress, weather anchor, television and radio show host, podcaster and author.
Janice Dean nicknamed the Weather Machine or Weather Queen is a Canadian-born American actress, weather anchor, television and radio show host, podcaster and author.
She is the morning meteorologist for Fox and Friends in addition to her role as senior meteorologist for Fox News Channel.
Janice Dean is a well-known actress from the films She Thinks (2015), Walk Thru Smoke (2005), and Omnivac (2003).
The Big Story, Studio B, America Live, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Your World w/ Neil Cavuto, Fox Report, Happening Now, America’s Election HQ, Outnumbered, America’s Newsroom, and many other TV shows have all featured her.
The Janice Dean Podcast is hosted by her as well.
Net Worth
As of 2023, Janice Dean’s estimated net worth is $4 million.
Her primary job as a meteorologist has largely contributed to her net worth.
Early Life and Education
Janice Dean was born on May 9, 1970, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Stella Dean.
She was raised in Ottawa and received her radio and television broadcasting degree from Algonquin College.
From 2006 to 2009, she attended Mississippi State University to study broadcast meteorology.
2009 saw her receive the AMS Seal of Approval, granting her membership in the American Meteorological Society.
On February 11, 2007, she got engaged to Sean Newman, a firefighter from New York City. They wed on June 8, 2007, and have two sons: Theodore Patrick Newman (born on February 9, 2011) and Matthew Newman (born on January 24, 2009).
Her multiple sclerosis diagnosis was made in 2005.
Career and Professional Work Experience
Janice Dean was a Canadian bylaw enforcement officer before beginning her career in broadcasting.
She started working as a reporter, DJ, and co-host of the morning show at CHEZ-FM in Ottawa, Canada.
She went on to work for CHUM Limited, also in Ottawa, Canada, where she held a number of roles such as producer and host of The Broad Perspective on CFRA, anchor for KOOL-FM, and morning news anchor for Breakfast at the New RO.
In addition, Janice Dean worked as the news editor and entertainment reporter for Imus in the Morning, a national MSNBC simulcast that broadcasted on WFAN-AM New York.
Prior to working at the radio station, Dean covered traffic for CBS 2 New York on the weekends.
She hosted a number of radio shows in Houston, Texas from 1998 to 2001, including ones from Metro Networks, KODA-FM, KKBQ-FM, and KLDE-FM.
In 1997, she worked for CBOT Television as an on-camera weather host as well.
Janice Dean began working for FOX News Channel (FNC) in January 2004 and is presently the senior meteorologist.
She also contributes to FOX Weather, the free ad-supported streaming television (“FAST”) weather service from FOX News Media, and is the morning meteorologist for FOX & Friends, the network’s flagship morning show, which airs weekdays from 6 to 9 AM/ET.
Dean has covered several catastrophic storms for the network during her time there, including Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Sandy, Irene, Igor, Earl, and Katrina.
Dean most recently provided coverage of Hurricane Ida in 2021 for FNC.
Achievements and Awards
Dean is a talented writer who created the popular kids’ book series “Freddy the Frogcaster,” which teaches weather knowledge.
Her memoir “Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days” was released on March 5, 2019.
This was followed by “Make Your Own Sunshine: Inspiring Stories of People Who Find Light in Dark Times” which was published on March 2, 2021.
On January 1, 2017, she was inducted into the Meteorologist Hall of Fame in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
She was also an official judge at the Coney Island, New York, Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Controversies
The COVID-19 complications claimed the lives of Dean’s mother-in-law and father-in-law, who were both residents of assisted living or nursing homes in New York.
Following the deaths, she blamed the state advisory that mandated assisted living and nursing home residents be admitted and readmitted without first having their viruses tested. She became a vocal and well-known opponent of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the policy’s lack of media attention.
Dean chastised CNN, GMA, and People Magazine for their “puff pieces” regarding Cuomo’s pandemic-related actions, which omitted any mention of nursing homes.
Among the Cuomo aides who, along with his brother, chastised Dean behind the scenes and attempted to devise a plan to discredit his commentary was the governor’s secretary, Melissa DeRosa.
According to reports, Melissa DeRosa and Chris Cuomo conspired to discredit Dean for criticising Andrew Cuomo.
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