Paxton Boyd Biography
Reliability, drive, and meeting deadlines are attributes greatly needed in the journalism world. Paxton Boyd’s ability to have all these traits makes him a highly needed-journalist. In addition to these attributes, Boyd has the passion to tell other people stories and voice the needs of the voiceless. He is skilled in writing, editing, anchoring, and reporting. The news anchor has polished these skills by previously working at T&R Productions, NBC South Florida, WPEC-TV, and ESPN West Palm.
Paxton Boyd Age and Family
He was born on 12 July 1988/9 in Elizabethtown. He is a sibling to Britney Boyd who works as an architect. Paxton is a girl dad to Peach. He got her from her relationship that did not mature into marriage. We have observed that Paxton is single as of 2023.
Education and Career
Boyd has the charisma that fits him in the media industry. He went to school at Western Kentucky University where he did a degree in Broadcasting and a minor in Psychology. While in school, he served part-time as a sports anchor and reporter for NewsChannel 12. He conducted interviews, anchored sports segments, and created digital content.
He was also a sports writer for Bleacher Report where he created sports news for the websites. Boyd covered the Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds, and the University of Kentucky Wildcats. In his junior year, he got an opportunity as an intern at WTVF-TV where he covered various college news, sporting events within Nashville and conducted interviews on events happening in the area.
He stayed there for close to 2 years before getting his first employment post-graduation at WYMT as a sports anchor and reporter who co-hosted various sports segments, interactED with audiences on Twitter and Facebook and created web content daily. After 1 year, he relocated to KSWT-TV to serve as a sports director, who performed MMJ duties and created an international sportscast, and website and social media content on a daily basis.
In 2014, he moved to Alabama to work as a sports director at Local 15 for 1 and a half years before moving to West Palm Beach in Florida as a sports anchor for WPTV NewsChannel 5 and FOX 29 WFLX. He produced more than 3 weekly packages and covered big events like the Conference USA Championship and Boca Raton Bowls.
Boyd stayed there for 5 years before making a move to WPECT and later to NBC South Florida where he stayed for 8 months before moving to Washington to work as a national News Correspondent for T&R Productions. In 2022, he made his latest move to WTVQ in Lexington as a News anchor.
Achievements and Salary
Paxton has switched places in his journey as a journalist. His initial passion was doing sports but he slowly moved to doing general news. He covered big events when he served as a sports journalist. Now as a news anchor and reporter, he is still covering interesting news. Recently he covered an interview with a man who was a friend of former president Jimmy Carter. Boyd also did a story on the arrest of individuals carrying 5,000 Viagra pills worth more than $1 million.
Boyd is popular for his charisma and energy. He is always ready to cover news regardless of the deadline.The journalist is an inspiration to upcoming journalists. He gets an annual salary of close to $70,000. Outside work, he loves spending time with his daughter and family. Jawan Strader and Eduardo Yusnaby are other journalists you might want to read about.
