Congratulations to WSB-TV Anchorwoman Monica Pearson, honored as BookPAL of the Month for March 2007 for her dedication to the Atlanta BookPALS Program since 2001!
Monica Pearson anchors Channel 2 Action News at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. She joined WSB-TV in August of 1975. Monica graduated from the University of Louisville and was a reporter with The Louisville Times for four years. She worked in public relations for Brown-Forman Distillers before joining WHAS-TV in Louisville as a reporter and anchor for two years. Monica is a member of various professional organizations, which include The Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, The National Association of Black Journalists, The Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and The Atlanta Junior League. Monica has received numerous awards, including 23 local and Southern Regional Emmy Awards for Talent, Reporting and "Monica Pearson Closeups."
In 1992, the Women's Sports Foundation and Miller Lite presented her with the Women's Sports Journalism Award for Local Television Reporting for her investigative report on the Georgia High School Association, which in its 87 years had never had a woman on its executive committee and did not have a statewide competition for girl's soccer and cheerleading.
Monica was awarded First Place recognition for Excellence in Journalism/Documentary by the Atlanta Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for "Hot Flash! The Truth About Menopause" on March 18, 1995. The documentary also won two National American Women in Radio and Television Commendation awards in competition with network programs.
As a BookPAL since 2001, Monica has read at Tull Waters and L.P. Miles Elementary Schools in Atlanta. Please join me in congratulating Ms. Monica Pearson for her dedication to literacy in Georgia!
Cindy Tinius
Atlanta BookPALS Coordinator
BookPALS
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