Jericka Duncan Biography
Jericka Duncan is a CBS News national TV news correspondent based in New York City. She made headlines in 2018 when she revealed texts sent to her by Jeff Fager while she was investigating sexual allegations against him.
Jericka Duncan Age
Duncan is 38 years old as of 2021. She was born on 12 August 1983 in New York, New York, United States.
Jericka Duncan Height
Jericka stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches, which is (1.7m).
Jericka Duncan Family
Duncan is the Daughter of Ronnie Duncan and Yvonne Duncan. Duncan’s father was the Sports Director for CBS 19 in Cleveland.
Jericka Duncan Husband
Duncan prefers to keep his personal life private, so details about her dating life are not available. As a result, it is unknown whether she is married or has children. This information, however, will be updated as soon as it becomes available.
Jericka Duncan and Jeff Fager
Jeff Fager, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, was fired in 2018 after it was revealed that he sent Duncan threatening text messages. Duncan made these text messages public in September 2018. Several women who worked for Fager accused him of sexual harassment. Fager threatened Duncan while she was reporting on the story, saying, “If you continue to make these false accusations without providing any evidence to back them up, you will be held accountable for harming me. Take care.
There are people who have lost their jobs in an attempt to harm me, and if you pass on these damaging claims without your own reporting to back them up, you will have a serious problem.” Duncan was praised by the National Association of Black Journalists for covering a portion of the Me Too movement after revealing these text messages. Fager denied the initial allegations but admitted to sending the threatening messages to Duncan.
Jericka Duncan Salary
Duncan earns an annual salary of $2 million.
Jericka Duncan Net Worth
Duncan has an estimated net worth of $20 million.
Jericka Duncan Impact
Duncan’s announcement of Fager’s response to her sparked discussions about the consequences of reporting for the #MeToo movement. It resulted in the creation of the hashtag #reportingMeToo on Twitter. This incident also sparked a discussion about how women are more likely to be assigned sexual harassment incidents and receive messages from the accused.
Jericka Duncan Career
Duncan began working as a TV reporter for the NBC-affiliated television station WETM-TV in Elmira, New York, after graduating in May 2005. She then began working as a reporter for the CBS-affiliated television station WIVB-TV in Buffalo, New York. She moved to a CBS O&O station, KYW-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2010. Finally, Duncan joined CBS News as a national correspondent in 2013. Duncan has covered memorable events throughout her career, including the winter weather in Boston and the 70th anniversary of D-Day in 2014. She has covered events such as the first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy and the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.
Duncan received support from CBS coworkers Gayle King, Norah O’Donnell, and John Dickerson in the aftermath of Fager’s firing. She was praised for taking a stand and revealing and reading aloud Fager’s text messages. A few days later, the Buffalo Association of Black Journalists announced Duncan as a featured speaker at one of their events titled “Social Media and Race Reporting.”
As Jeff Glor of CBS Evening News was covering Hurricane Florence, he told Duncan, “You’ve done an excellent job. It’s already difficult enough without having to deal with this. That was an unacceptable message. I think it’s important for you to know, and for everyone back there to know, that I, we, the entire Evening News team, are completely behind you.”
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