Nerissa Knight Biography
Nerissa Knight is an American Emmy award-winning anchor/reporter and correspondent working for KTLA 5. There she serves as a national correspondent for “Crime Watch Daily” and a reporter.
Nerissa Knight Age
Knight likes to keep her personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year and month she was born. It is therefore not known when she celebrates her birthday. However, she might be in her 40’s.
Nerissa Knight Height
Knight stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Nerissa Knight Family
Knight Nerissa had a wild childhood, having grown up as a foster child, going from one parent, friend, or stranger’s house to another, having lost her mother to illness as a lone kid at 6 years of age, and never having met her father.
Nerissa Knight Husband
Knight is married to Cedric who happens to be her junior high school boyfriend. Together the couple has been blessed with three children: two sons and a daughter. Bray is their eldest son while Dia is the name of their daughter. In addition on January 28, 2016, she tweeted that her husband Cedric was her junior high sweetheart.
My husband Cedric and I.. back in high school. We were junior high sweethearts, and yard play friends at 4… https://t.co/X5SigfjGqs
— Nerissa Knight (@nerissaknight) January 28, 2016
Nerissa Knight Net Worth
Knight has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million -$5 Million which she has earned through her career as a Journalist.
Nerissa Knight Salary
Knight earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45, 000 – $ 110, 500.
Nerissa Knight Career
Knight serves at KTLA 5 as a national correspondent for “Crime Watch Daily” and a reporter for KTLA news in Los Angeles. You can also catch Knight on the nationally syndicated TV show “Crime Watch Regular With Chris Hansen.” Nerissa is a veteran TV journalist with 23 years of experience in TV news reporting and has worked as an anchor/reporter on news teams at numerous TV stations around the country.
“Nerissa was an anchor/reporter for KNBC in Los Angeles before joining KTLA and co-hosted the” Today in L.A. “weekend show for four years. She also spent time co-hosting the Tribune Media-syndicated pop culture morning show “Eye Opener TV” on KTLA ‘s sister station KDAF in Dallas, which also airs in other major markets, including Houston, Philadelphia, and Miami. Nerissa has also served as an anchor/reporter in other markets across the nation, including Beaumont, Texas (KBTV); Little Rock, Arkansas (KATV, KTHV-TV); Mobile, Alabama (WALA-TV); Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WDJT-TV); and Dallas, Texas (KTVT-TV).
Nerissa is also a former Miss Black Memphis, Miss Black Arkansas, and Miss Black America runner-up, who is very active in the culture, in addition to her broadcasting career. She spent more than two decades giving scholarships to students in need who were outstanding and deserving.
With multiple service awards, such as the Brooklin Community Service Award, the AIDS Project Los Angeles Woman of Empowerment Award, and the Purple Bottom Group for Abused Women Service Award, her commitment to giving back has been recognized. The governor of California also honored Nerissa with a mentoring award for her work with young people. She is an active member, including the local branch of Los Angeles, of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Nerissa Knight KTLA
Knight is working at KTLA where she works alongside other famous KTLA anchors and reporters including;
- Michaela Pereira
- Gayle Anderson
- Wendy Burch
- Rick Chambers
- Ginger Chan
- John Fenoglio
- Courtney Friel
- Bobby Gonzalez
- Megan Henderson
- Jessica Holmes
- Mark Kono
- Steve Kuzj
- David Lazarus
- Lauren Lyster
- Mary Beth McDade
- Kareen Wynter
Nerissa Knight Social Media Platforms
Knight is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She has over 4.2k followers on Twitter, over 3.2k followers on Instagram, and over 12.6k followers on Facebook.