Jericka Duncan Biography
Jericka Duncan is an American Emmy award-winning correspondent, reporter, and anchor working for CBS News. She joined the station in 2013 and serves as a national correspondent and anchor for CBS News.
Jericka Duncan Education
After graduating from Aurora High School in Ohio and earning her Diploma in General Education in 2001, she had to further her education. During her time in high school, she was on the basketball team and the track and field team. As a track and field competitor, she set five records for Aurora High School.
She joined Ohio University to pursue her career course. While in college, she continued to run track and field and was captain of the track team. After finishing her studies there, she graduated in 2005 with a degree in communications. Not long ago she earned a Juris Master in American Legal Studies from Liberty University.
Jericka Duncan Career
Duncan is a national correspondent based in New York City and anchor of the Sunday edition of the “CBS Weekend News.” During her tenure at CBS News, she has reported significant stories including the 70th anniversary of D-Day and Normandy, the shooting deaths of four Marines and a Navy sailor in Chattanooga, the accusations against R Kelly, Bill Cosby, and Harvey Weinstein, and also a variety of national breaking news stories. In addition to that, she spent time in Washington D.C. covering the White House in 2018.
Not long ago, she interviewed the mother of Breonna Taylor, including breaking the news to the CBS audience that no one would be charged directly with Taylor’s death and also reported from Pennsylvania for the 2020 presidential election. She has reported major national breaking news stories that have taken her outside of the United States. In addition to that, she was one of the first network correspondents on the ground in Alabama to cover the passage of that state’s most restrictive abortion bill since Roe v. Wade.
Prior to joining the CBS News team, she worked for KYW, the CBS-owned TV station in Philadelphia for three years. During her working time there, the Associated Press awarded her first place for a series of reports on disabled adults who were held captive in a Social Security scam. In 2011, she covered Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Prior to working at KYW, she was a reporter for WIVB (CBS) in Buffalo, New York from 2007 to 2010. During her time there, she won a local Emmy Award in the best morning show category for her winter storm coverage in 2008.
Furthermore, Duncan was one of the first reporters at the scene of a plane crash near Buffalo that killed 50 people in 2009. After reporting the story, the coverage contributed to the station winning two national Edward M. Murrow Awards. Her journalism career job started in nearby Elmira, N.Y. While there, she covered the longest manhunt for a fugitive in state history, the search for Ralph “Bucky” Phillips. She was a fellow at a North Carolina A&T conference on childhood obesity in 2006.
Duncan is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. In addition to that, she has volunteered with the Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, the Boys and Girls Club, and Big Brothers Big Sisters. During her leisure time, she likes spending time with her family, reading, and running.
Jericka Duncan Age
Duncan is 39 years old as of 2022. She was born on August 12, 1983, United States. Duncan celebrates her birthday on the 12th of August every year.
Jericka Duncan Height
Duncan stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 5 inches.
Jericka Duncan Family
Duncan has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight hence she has not disclosed any information about her parents. It is also not known if she has any siblings.
Jericka Duncan Husband
Duncan is very private about her personal life therefore it is not known if she is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of her being in any past relationship with anyone.
Jericka Duncan Net Worth
Duncan has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned from her successful career as a correspondent, reporter, and anchor.
Jericka Duncan Salary
Duncan earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
Awards
In her career, she has received several awards and honors. During her time working at WIVB (CBS) in Buffalo, New York, she won a local Emmy Award in the best morning show category for her winter storm coverage in 2008. In 2007, she also received a New York State Broadcasters Association Award for Best Spot News Coverage.
She is a 2005 NAACP Image Award recipient. In addition to that, she has received several awards for her reporting, including two National Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association and honors from the Associated Press and the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, which named her Journalist of the Year in 2012.
Jericka Duncan CBS News
Duncan works at CBS News where he works alongside other famous CBS News anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;
- John Dickerson
- Seth Doane
- Tony Dokoupil
- Vladimir Duthiers
- Carter Evans
- Pamela Falk
- Major Garrett
- Jeff Glor
- Catherine Herridge
- Caitlin Huey-Burns
- Ramy Inocencio
- Dana Jacobson
- Gayle King
- Ian Lee
- Lilia Luciano
- Michelle Miller
- Erin Moriarty
- Ed O’Keefe
- Meg Oliver