Monica Pearson Biography
Monica Pearson is a popular African-American news anchor and journalist who retired from WSB-TV Atlanta in 2012 after working as a news anchor for 37 years. Presently, she works as a host of her own weekly music and talk show on Sundays with KISS 104.1 FM. Also, she works She also co-hosts A Seat at the Table on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Monica Pearson Age
Monica Pearson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States on October 20, 1947. She is 74 years old.
Monica Pearson Height
Monica stands at a moderate height of 5 ft 5 in/1.65 m tall.
Monica Pearson Education
Monica graduated from the Campus of Louisville with a B.S. degree in English. Also, she participated in the Summer Program at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia Campus in New York City for Minority Groups. Then she earned an M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication, on August 1, 2014, from the Campus of Georgia; wrote a column for Southern Seasons Magazine, and taught at Atlanta Metropolitan State College.
Monica Pearson Family
Monica’s parents are the late Maurice Jones and Hattie Wallace Jones Edmondson. Same as her mom she studied at Catholic schools, during her formative and high school years. Her mom worked her way through school and studied at a prestigious boarding school for black women at St. Mary’s Academy in New Orleans, Louisiana. Addittionally, she was one of the first black women to work at the Louisville Post Office.
Monica Pearson Husband
Monica is a married man to John Pearson. The duo exchanged vows in 2005. John used to work at the DeKalb County Police Department and retired in mid-2007 as an assistant police chief. Then he served in Hogansville as an assistant police chief. Monica is a proud mom to Claire Patrice Deveaux and a stepmother of John E. Pearson, II.
Monica Pearson Salary
Monica annually earns a salary of $83,461.
Monica Pearson Net Worth
Monica’s estimated net worth is $1 million.
Monica Pearson Career
Monica worked at WSB-TV in 1975 she anchored the day-by-day, 6 p.m. Fresh news, as the first lady and first minority of Atlanta to anchor. Monica also anchored at 4, 5, and 11 p.m. News. Monica began her career in the public relations department of Brown-Forman Distillers at The Louisville Times newspaper, Prior she worked for a period of three years working as a reporter and later anchor at WHAS-TV in Louisville.
On July 25, 2012, she retired from broadcasting, and Jovita Moore replaced her. Then she began working as a host of her own weekly music and talk show on Sundays in 2012, with KISS 104.1 FM. She now works on A Seat at the Table on Georgia Public Broadcasting as a co-host.
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