Newsmax is an American conservative cable news network that is famous for its coverage of political news.
It has a diverse lineup of on-air staff that includes female anchors who are at the forefront of delivering news to the audience.
But who are these female Newsmax anchors? Below is a look at some of the outstanding women who light up the screens at the network.
1. Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren is one of the top female Newsmax anchors and one of the longest-running American news anchors. She has been with Newsmax since 2022, where she hosts The Record with Greta Van Susteren.
Van Susteren started her career as a lawyer and is famous for appearing on CNN as a legal analyst during the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Shortly after, she joined CNN, where she co-hosted the show Burden of Proof.
From CNN, she moved to Fox News as an anchor, where she worked for over 14 years before resigning. After Fox, she briefly worked for NBC News before moving to Voice of America and, later, Gray Television till 2022.
2. Sharla McBride
Sharla McBride is an American journalist who is famous for her work covering sports. She is also one of the most prominent on-air staff at Newsmax, where she co-hosts the news show Wake Up America alongside Marc Lotter.
McBride started her career as a sports reporter for KTXS-TV, where she covered high school and college sports. She then worked for NBC Sports Philadelphia and later WNEP-TV as a sports anchor before joining WNEP-TV as a main evening news anchor.
After WNEP-TV, she worked for WUSA-TV as a sports and news anchor before joining Newsmax in 2023.
Besides her journalism career, McBride has also dabbled in acting, having appeared in the TV shows Designated Survivor, Succession, Mr. Robot, and Quantico. Interestingly, all her acting roles in these shows have been as a news anchor or reporter.
3. Emma Rechenberg
Emma Rechenberg is an Emmy award-winning journalist and one of the top female Newsmax anchors. She is the co-host of the National Report at Newsmax TV alongside Shain Kraisman, where they cover politics and breaking news.
Rechenberg, who is a graduate of the University of Missouri, started her career at KOMU 8 News (NBC) as a multimedia journalist. She then joined KBJR 6 News (another NBC affiliate) as a reporter, before moving up the ranks as a morning anchor.
During her time at KBJR 6 News, she won an Emmy award for her breaking news coverage. She left the network in 2019, after which she briefly worked for the Citizen App in New York, before joining Newsmax in 2020.
4. Bianca de la Garza
Bianca de la Garza is a veteran journalist with over 20 years of experience in the media. She is one of the leading female Newsmax anchors, known for hosting the show Newsline.
De la Garza started her career covering politics for WTEN, an ABC affiliate in Albany. She then went to KGTV, another ABC affiliate, where she won a San Diego Investigative Press Club award for reporting on the US/Mexico border.
She then joined WFXT Fox Boston, where she covered the 9/11 attacks, among other top stories, receiving 5 Emmy nominations for her outstanding anchoring. After FOX, she went to WCVB-ABC as a news anchor, where she received another Emmy nomination for covering the royal wedding.
Bianca de la Garza joined Newsmax in 2021 as a guest host, before becoming a permanent anchor in 2022.
Besides her journalism career, de la Garza owns a production company. She is also famous for creating the syndicated late-night talk show, Bianca (in partnership with Sony), which was aired in over 20 million homes in America.
5. Katrina Szish
Katrina Szish is an American TV personality and journalist with over 15 years in the media, where she has covered a wide range of topics, including news, entertainment, pop culture, and fashion.
She has been an anchor at Newsmax since 2022, where she co-hosts the American Agenda show.
A graduate of Harvard University, Szish started her career as an intern for CNN Style. She then worked for several magazines, including YM Magazine, VOGUE, and GQ.
In 2004, she joined US Weekly as the magazine’s first on-air correspondent and spent the next three years covering celebrity news, pop culture, and style. Around the same time, she also worked as a contributing correspondent and on-air reporter for E! News.
Katrina Szish has also worked for Time Inc. (on-air correspondent), ABC News (anchor, correspondent, reporter, and columnist), CNN, and CBS News. Before joining Newsmax, she worked as a TV host for the show The Szish List on QVC.
6. Wendy Bell
Wendy Bell is a veteran American journalist and one of the most recognizable female Newsmax anchors. She has been with the network since 2022 and hosts the weekend Wendy Bell Common Sense show.
Bell spent most of her career at WTAE-TV as a reporter and news anchor. During this period, she won 21 Emmy awards, 17 Associated Press Awards, 11 Golden Quill Awards, and five Edward. R. Murrow Awards.
The award-winning journalist was fired from WTAE-TV in 2016 after sharing a racially charged, controversial statement on Facebook. She then joined conservative radio KDKA as a talk show host, before moving to Talk Radio 1320 WJAS and, later, Newsmax TV.
Besides her journalism career, Bell owns Wendy Bell Radio LLC, through which she manages and hosts the conservative platform, Wendy Bell Radio Network.
7. Lidia Curanaj
Lidia Curanaj is another of the leading female Newsmax anchors. She hosts the Sunday Agenda show, where she primarily covers breaking news and politics.
Curanaj started her career at CBS News as a producer before moving to Fox Carolina as a reporter and anchor, where she won an Emmy for outstanding breaking news story.
She later moved to News 12 Westchester, where she won another Emmy (in addition to 16 Emmy nominations), two Press Club Awards, and four Associated Press Awards.
Before joining Newsmax, Lidia Curanaj also worked for several other networks, including Fox 5 WNYW-TV New York, RNN TV, DeSales Media Group, and 77 WABC Radio.
8. Nancy Brinker
Nancy Brinker is one of the most famous female Newsmax anchors. She hosts the Conversations with Nancy Brinker, a weekly show that features newsmakers, corporate leaders, and other high-profile personalities.
Besides Newsmax, Brinker boasts a successful career as a diplomat, having served as the Chief of Protocol of the United States and the Ambassador to Hungary under President George W. Bush. She also served as the WHO’s goodwill ambassador for Cancer Control.
She also held several other government appointments, including the National Cancer Advisory Board, Chair of the President’s Cancer Panel, and a member of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The former diplomat is also famous for having founded Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer organization in memory of her sister, who died from breast cancer.
9. Alison Maloni
Alison Maloni is another leading female anchor at Newsmax. She is known for hosting several shows on the network, including Wake Up America, the National Report, and American Agenda.
Maloni’s career as a journalist has included stints at WGGB as a producer and reporter and WPRI as a TV reporter. Besides journalism, she has also worked as an account executive at Market Mentors and a marketing & PR manager at Yanni Orthodontics.
Additionally, she owns a communications company, Alison May Communications, through which she offers training and consultancy services in public appearances and media interactions.