Morgan Radford
Morgan Radford | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 18, 1987 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Columbia University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | NBC News Al Jazeera America ABC News Now |
Morgan Kelly Radford (born November 18, 1987)[1] is an American television news reporter employed by NBC News as a New York-based correspondent. [2][3]
Biography
Radford is originally from Greensboro, North Carolina where she graduated from Grimsley High School.[1] In May 2009, she graduated from Harvard University with honors earning a Bachelor’s degree in Social Studies and Foreign Language Citations in French and Spanish.[4] Later in 2009 she was an intern at CNN for Morning Express with Robin Meade.[5] Radford received a Fulbright Scholarship in 2010 where she taught English at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. During the 2010 World Cup she was a production assistant for ESPN.[5]
From 2011 to 2012, she attended Columbia University, completing a Master’s degree in broadcast journalism and was named a Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Fellow. Radford joined ABC as a fellow in 2012 where she eventually anchored for ABC News Now.
She moved to Al Jazeera America in 2013 as an anchor/correspondent for the network where she anchored the former weekend morning newscast.
Radford joined NBC News in September 2015.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "Grimsley grad's career path leads to Al-Jazeera anchor desk - Greensboro News & Record: Go Triad". News-record.com. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ^ Chris Ariens (2015-08-20). "Morgan Radford Joins NBC News | TVNewser". Adweek.com. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ^ "Inside NBC News | Public Relations". Press.nbcnews.com. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ^ http://utlo.ukzn.ac.za/Files/TLHEC%202010%20Handbook.pdf
- ^ a b http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/system/documents/611/original/116th_and_Bway_sprsum2012.pdf