DeMarco Morgan Biography
DeMarco Morgan is a skilled American journalist currently working at CBS 2 as co-anchor of weekday 4:30-7:00 a.m. and 11 a.m. newscasts. He has received several awards, including the 2009 Thurgood Marshall Prestige Award for his community service efforts while working at WNBC; and the Atlanta Business League’s “Men of Influence” Award in 2012.
DeMarco Morgan Age|Birthday
How old is Morgan? He was born on 28 November 1980 in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the United States. He is 41 years of age as of 2024.
DeMarco Morgan Education
He attended and graduated from Jackson State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in liberal arts. He also earned a Master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. While at Columbia University, Morgan was a Fred Friendly Scholar and interned at CBS News and 48 HOURS.
DeMarco Morgan Height|Weight
Morgan stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 70kgs
DeMarco Morgan Family
He was brought up by a single mother after the death of his father who died when he was just 10 years old, he has not revealed information regarding his family members.
DeMarco Morgan Wife|Married
He is openly gay as he came out in his book “I can’t date Jesus” which was published and released in 2018.
DeMarco Morgan Children
He likes to keep his personal life private, hence he has not disclosed information about whether he has children or not.
DeMarco Morgan CBS 2
Morgan has reported for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms since joining the news team. He field anchored the Network’s coverage of Hurricane Harvey live from Houston for THE CBS EVENING NEWS in August 2017. In addition, shortly thereafter, he reported live from the field on the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Florence.
Furthermore, Morgan has covered stories ranging from destructive wildfires in California to the deadly Las Vegas mass shooting that left dozens of concertgoers dead when a gunman opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival. Additionally, he also filed live reports, for nearly all CBS News platforms, from both the RNC and DNC 2016 political conventions.
He has covered multiple wildfires, earthquakes, police pursuits, and other major breaking stories since his arrival at SoCal. His most remarkable moments were field anchoring the Kobe Bryant memorial services at Staples Center. He also anchored both national and local evening newscasts for the CBS Evening Weekend News and WCBS television station’s evening newscasts soon after the CBS Broadcast Center halted its operations due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
DeMarco Morgan HIV/AIDS
Morgan covered the funeral of Aretha Franklin, delivered a series of reports on the nation’s heroin epidemic, was the first journalist on the air for the Network anchoring a special report on the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, and secured an exclusive interview with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on community policing while at CBS News.
His considerable coverage of the impact of HIV/AIDS on African-American women led to hundreds of people getting tested for the deadly virus. Morgan’s investigative reporting in Atlanta on the infamous House of Prayer resulted in the conviction of an accused child molester.
Morgan joined CBS News from WXIA-TV in Atlanta, where he spent three years as a reporter and co-anchor of the station’s 5, 6, and 11 p.m. weekday newscasts. During his leisure time, he taught broadcast writing and reporting to students at Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University. Moreover, he currently teaches broadcast journalism at his alma mater Jackson State University.
DeMarco Morgan Career
Before that, Morgan served as a weekend anchor for WNBC-TV in New York while also serving as a cut-in anchor for MSNBC. Before that, he worked as a weekday evening anchor and reporter at WTVJ-TV in Miami, WISN-TV in Milwaukee, and WJTV-TV in Jackson, Mississippi.
Morgan is an active volunteer who has supported several Southern California causes during the past decade, including volunteering at 66th Street Elementary School in South Los Angeles, serving less fortunate families with “Sweet Alice” Harris in Watts, hosting the Tom Bradley Golf Tournament for five years and being a member of the Los Angeles chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. for the past 10 years.
He has received several awards, including the 2009 Thurgood Marshall Prestige Award for his community service efforts while working at WNBC; the Atlanta Business League’s “Men of Influence” Award in 2012. Morgan was honored and named one of the nation’s Top Ten Collegiate Journalists in the country in 2001 by Scripps Howard and named one of Ebony Magazine’s Top 30 Future Young Leaders of America in 2006. In addition, Morgan was also named one of South Florida Magazine’s top 40 most influential black professionals in 2008.
He attended and graduated from Jackson State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in liberal arts. He also earned a Master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. While at Columbia University, Morgan was a Fred Friendly Scholar and interned at CBS News and 48 HOURS.
DeMarco Morgan Salary
Morgan has an estimated salary ranging from $70,000 – $125,000.
DeMarco Morgan Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which he earned from his broadcasting career.
DeMarco Morgan Social Media Platforms
He is very active on social media platforms and has over 7.3k followers on Twitter, 6.8k followers on Instagram, and over 4k followers on Facebook.