Lisa Salters was born on March 6, 1966, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. She attended Pennsylvania State University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism in 1988. During her time at Penn State, Salters served as a guard for the Penn State Lady Lions basketball team, making her the shortest player in school history at 5'2". She is also the cousin of Tony Dorsett, a Pro Football Hall of Fame running back who played for the Dallas Cowboys and won the Heisman Trophy in 1976. Salters has one adopted son named Samuel.
Salters began her journalism career at WBAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Baltimore, where she worked as a general assignment reporter. In 1995, she joined ABC News as a Los Angeles–based correspondent, becoming the first West Coast correspondent for ABC NewsOne, the network’s affiliate news service. She remained with ABC until 2000.
In 2000, Salters joined ESPN as a general assignment reporter. Over the years, she has become an integral part of ESPN’s sports coverage. She currently serves as a sideline reporter for Monday Night Football and is the lead reporter for NBA coverage on ABC and ESPN.
Throughout her career, Salters has reported on a wide array of high-profile events and stories. Her investigative pieces have frequently appeared on ESPN’s Emmy Award–winning program Outside the Lines. While at ABC, she covered the high-profile criminal trial of former NFL player Rae Carruth.
Salters has reported from the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Earlier in her career at WBAL-TV, she covered critical global events, including the humanitarian crises in Somalia and Rwanda. Her domestic reporting has included notable cases such as the murder of Matthew Shepard, the TWA Flight 800 crash, and both the criminal and civil trials of O.J. Simpson.
In 2008, Salters was nominated for a Sports Emmy Award for her story entitled “Ray of Hope,” which chronicled an inspiring sports-related narrative. She won a Gracie Award in 2009 from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation for Best Feature. In 2010, she produced a moving feature on the Haiti women’s U-17 national soccer team.
Reflecting her commitment to social causes through journalism, Salters returned to Rwanda in 2012 to teach journalism to young girls as part of The Girl Effect initiative, a program aimed at empowering young women in developing countries.
| Profession: | Broadcasting journalism |
| Children: | She has a son named Samuel |
| Date of Birth: | March 6, 1966 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Employer: | ABC |
| Birth Date: | 6 Mar, 1966 |
| Age: | 54 yrs |
| Occupations: | Basketball player Journalist Sports commentator |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Education: | Pennsylvania State University |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American basketball player |
| Twitter Id: | Saltersl |
| Net Worth 2021: | 2 million |
