Marissa Mitchell Biography
Marissa Mitchell an American Emmy-nominated and award-winning journalist working as an anchor and reporter at FOX 5 Atlanta. She as well co-anchored “News Edge at 11” on weeknights.
Marissa Mitchell Age
Mitchell was born on February 5th, 1986 in Atlanta, in the united states.
Marissa Mitchell Height
She stands tall at a height of height of 5 feet (1.52 meters).
Marissa Mitchell Family
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Marissa Mitchell Husband
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Marissa Mitchell Net Worth
Mitchell has an estimated net worth range of between $1 Million – $5 Million
Marissa Mitchell Salary
Mitchell earns an estimated annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
Marissa Mitchell Career
She previously served for a few months solo anchoring “Good Day Atlanta.” She later got nominated for “Best Anchor” by the Regional Southeast EMMY Chapter during her first year of anchoring in her hometown of Atlanta. She as well covered many big incidents away from the anchor desk, such as Hurricane Irma, Super Bowl LIII week and several days of riots surrounding high-profile, officer-involved shootings in 2016 in Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina.
The inauguration of Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp, has faced a contested race against Democrat Stacey Abrams that attracted national coverage, was also field-anchored by Mitchell. On the red she featured speaking at the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios with some of Hollywood’s biggest actors.
From tv mogul Oprah Winfrey and film legend Clint Eastwood to actress Halle Berry and world-renowned fitness guru Deepak Chopra, she has interviewed many newsmakers during her career. The National Association of Black Journalists won her a “Salute to Excellence Award” for her story with celebrity tributes to the late “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin. At WBMA-TV, Mitchell worked as an anchor/reporter in Birmingham. She was as well part of the station’s launch team for its ‘Focus @ 4’ campaign during her time at WBMA.
On the “Midday News,” she features as an anchor having covered city hall and s well broke unique stories on government funds. She as wel helped direct the station’s airing of the “Selma to Montgomery March” 50th anniversary, that got attended by Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, as well as John Lewis, the late U.S. Representative and civil rights activist.
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, her broadcasting career began as a WTVC-TV multimedia journalist. She aired breaking news there, such as the deadly tornado outbreak of April 27, 2011 in the Southeast. She as well served with Rolling Out and Crossroads News as a journalist, too. She is as well a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated.
She as well mentors and lectures at numerous colleges, churches and seminars with many budding journalists. With her volunteer work with children and women, she has earned several awards. She is a coveted motivational speaker.
She decided to become a journalist while she was nine having co-hosted the morning TV show announcements at Dunwoody High School, where Ryan Seacrest, a fellow Atlanta native and host, graduated and had the same job.
Marissa Mitchell Education
She enrolled and later earned her master’s degree in broadcast journalism from the Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She as well earned a McCormick Foundation full-tuition scholarship. She as well been a Fellow at the Knight Foundation and Carnegie Corporation News 21.
She as well graduated from Emory University in Atlanta with a bachelor’s degree in political science and journalism and earned a full-tuition scholarship. For her commitment to Emory and the local community, she got to be one of six alumni of her class elected to the Hall of Fame of the city.