Pat Battle
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Pat Battle | |
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| Born | Patricia N. Battle Januray 15, 1959 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Anthony Johnson |
Patricia N. "Pat" Battle (born January 15, 1959) is an American journalist. Since 1996 , she has been at WNBC-TV.[1]
Early life
Of African-American descent, Battle grew up in Neptune Township, New Jersey, where her mother was a member of the township committee and served as police commissioner. She graduated from Neptune High School in 1977, where she had been a cheerleader.[1]
Career
Battle won a 2005 New York Regional Emmy Award for Political Programming for her work on the U.S. presidential primary edition of WNBC-TV's What Matters.[2]
Personal life
Battle is a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, and is married to Anthony Johnson, a reporter with WABC-TV, a competing New York City television station. In October 2010, she publicly revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and undergone a lumpectomy.[3]
See also
- List of American print journalists
- List of people from Teaneck, New Jersey
- List of people from New York City
- List of people from Philadelphia
- List of television reporters
- List of University of Maryland, College Park people
References
- ^ a b c Lewis, Evelyn Stryker (1998). Neptune and Shark River Hills (via Google Books), p. 88. Charlotte, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing; ISBN 978-0-7524-0997-9; retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ^ Paskin, Willa (April 4, 2005). "WNBC Wins Gotham Emmys by a Nose: WABC Nabs Instant Breaking News Story Award". Variety; retrieved December 4, 2007.
- ^ Pat Battle bio, nbcnewyork.com; accessed October 30, 2014.
External links
- Pat Battle at IMDb
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