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Maya-Salam

Maya Salam Biography

Maya Salam is a prominent Lebanese journalist based in New York currently working at The New York Times as a Senior staff editor and reporter.

In May 2015, She joined the station working as a senior staff editor on the Culture desk. She first served as a gender reporter, writing the In Her Words newsletter, with the Gender Initiative at the station. Before joining NY Times, Sakam spent nine months as an Editor on, the FrontPage team at Yahoo.

Maya Salam Age

Maya Salam was born in Beirut, Lebanon. She is around 35 years old, however, details regarding her date of birth are under review and will be updated as soon as they are available.

Maya Salam Height

Salam stands at a moderate height of 5 ft 6 inches (Approx 1. 68 m).

Maya Salam Education

She studied English and Journalism from 1998 to 2001 at the University of Kentucky. Maya later joined the University of  Metropolitan State in Denver in 2004 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, and editorial English in 2005.

She served at Evergreen Newspapers as a News Editorial Intern from May 2005 to December 2005.

Maya Salam Family

Maya was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon to her supportive and loving parents. She has two pretty sisters and she is the oldest. Growing up, Maya lived in eight states and is a first-generation Arab-American.

Maya Salam Husband

She is married to her handsome husband whose name remains unknown. The couple has a dog Charles and a Goldendoodle Bea. She is also an amateur boxer, skateboarder, runway model, and snowboarder.

Maya Salam Salary

Maya’s annual salary is $82,450 per year, according to The New York Times anchors’ and reporters’ salaries, this is.

Maya Salam Net Worth

Salam has an approximate net worth of $1 million – $5 million.

Maya Salam Career

She works at The New York Times as a Senior staff editor and reporter on the Culture desk. In May 2015, She joined the station and serves as a copy editor on the Business desk.

She first served as a gender reporter, writing the In Her Words newsletter, with the Gender Initiative at the station. Before joining NY Times, Salam spent nine months at Yahoo as an Editor on, the FrontPage team.

Previously, Salam also served as a Content Specialist and Editor at Yahoo for three years and seven months. From October 2009 to May 2010, Maya served at Associated Content as a Freelance Editor and Content Manager. Moreover, she also spent over two years working at the VPI station as a Senior Copywriter until February 2010.

Her journalism career started after her internship with Evergreen Newspapers in March 2007. She joined Tattoofinder.com, Harper Collins Publishers serving for three months as a Contributing Writer and Editor. In addition, she served for one year and ten months with the Greeley Tribune team as a Copy Editor and Page Designer for the Greeley Tribune.

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