DeMarco Morgan CBS News Bio Wiki Age Parents Spouse Salary and Net Worth
DeMarco Morgan is an American journalist, anchor, and reporter. Currently, he serves as a news anchor at CBS’s West Coast flagship station, KCBS, for their weekday morning newscasts, CBS2 News This Morning.
Morgan anchors CBS2’s weekday 4:30-7:00 a.m. and 11 a.m. newscasts. His job as a news correspondent, reporter, and news anchor has gained him much appreciation and fame. Morgan worked for WXIA-TV in Atlanta before joining CBS News, where he was a reporter and co-anchor of the station’s 5, 6, and 11 p.m.
Morgan was born on November 28, 1980, in Tulsa, Oklahoma,United States. He is41 years old.He celebrates his birthday on November 28 each year.
He is a man of average stature. Morgan stands at a height of5 ft 8 in.(Approx.1.7).
He was born to African American parents. Morgan’s father passed away when he was just ten years old hence he was raised by a single mother alongside an elder brother. His father’s absence took a negative toll on his family, especially his brother, who ended up selling drugs and going to jail.
Life was mostly tough for Morgan during his initial workdays in journalism. He didn’t have enough money and struggled hard to begin his career. Fortunately, his mother was always supporting him and teaching him the essence of God. This inspired Morgan to encourage himself towards his goal, by always keeping God by his side.
Morgan is openly a gay person. He made his sexual orientation clear in 2018 in his new book called“I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race And Other Reason I Put My Faith in Beyoncé .”
He said that he was ashamed of being gay before, but later lost the sense of shame, after realizing it was not a bad thing to be oneself. As of now, Morgan is not married but he jokes by calling all his co-anchors wives. He maintains a wonderful bond with each of his colleagues.
He completed his high school education at Booker T. Washington High School. Morgan then received a Bachelor of Science in liberal arts degree from Jackson State University in 2001.
He then attended Columbia University where he earned a Master’s degree in journalism. While at Columbia University, Morgan began his broadcasting career. He served as an intern with CBS News and 48 Hours and was named Dupont Scholar and CBS Scholar.
Before joining CBS News Morgan worked at WXIA TV in Atlanta, where he was a reporter and co-anchor of the station. He left WXIA in October 2015 to join CBS News as a correspondent in 2016. On April 17, 2019, it was announced that Morgan will be transferred to CBS KCBS in Los Angeles on May 6, 2019.
He worked as a morning anchor for the newscasts along with Suzanne Marques. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he anchored select newscasts for CBS WCBS in New York and CBS Weekend News from Los Angeles. Infected CBS employees had banned the use of the CBS Broadcast Center.
Morgan’s other colleagues at CBS2/KCAL9 Include:
Anne-Marie Green– Anchor
Jamie Yuccas– News correspondent
Jamie Erdahl– Studio host
Ben Tracy– White House correspondent
Jasmine Viel– Anchor
Dr. Max Gomez– Medical correspondent
Pat Harvey– Anchor
As a reputed CBS anchor/reporter he earns a decent income. Morgan’s average salary is$86,785per year.
He has served as an anchor for many years. Undoubtedly he has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Morgan’s estimated net worth is$988,768.
Currently, he is working as a news reporter and anchor for CBS News on weekdays 4:30-7:00 a.m. and 11 a.m. on newscasts.
He was born on November 28, 1980, thus, Morgan is41 years old.
