Jacque Reid
, Journalist
Journalist extraordinaire Jacque Reid is THE leading lady in media. With over fifteen years of broadcasting expertise in news, lifestyle, and entertainment reporting, she has interviewed some of the most influential people of our generation including Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, and Beyonce. Jacque is undoubtedly a mainstay in the journalism community.
Jacque's poise and talent have taken her from CBS and NBC affiliated programs to national news notoriety. From 1999-2001, she took that platform to the next level as the anchor of CNN Headline News. She then became the sole news anchor for BET Nightly News from 2001-2005, which established her as the face of reliable information for people of color. She returned to CNN in 2004 to cover the Republican National Convention as a special correspondent and commentator for Larry King Live. In 2006-2007, Jacque brought her infectious personality to ABC's The View, becoming a regular guest co-host on the Emmy Award-winning show. During her time, she's interviewed Ed Norton, Kerry Washington, Chris Rock, and Cyndi Lauper. In 2008, she hosted TV One's Presidential Election and Inauguration coverage, as well as the memorial service of music legend Michael Jackson.
The sky is the limit for this multi-media powerhouse. She has continued to catapult her career into new avenues of entertainment. In 2005, Jacque created Jacque Reid Media, a one-stop media resource for television and film. That same year the company executive produced the BET Red Carpet Special premiere presentation of the Sony Pictures feature, The Gospel. Her current client roster includes The AR Bernard Show, a Christian television news magazine show; cable network TV One and nationally syndicated radio show, The Tom Joyner Morning Show.
Through all of her work, Jacque connects with viewers, listeners, and fans alike. She is currently the co-host of the widely popular D.L Hughley Morning Show on New York's 98.7 Kiss FM Radio, airing Monday through Friday from 6am to 10am. She also appears on the Tom Joyner Morning Show every Tuesday and Friday, educating listeners on the state of Black women around the world on her featured segment "Inside Her Story." She is also making her mark in reality TV before millions as a cast member of the hit show “Let’s Talk About Pep” on VH1, starring Pep of Salt N’ Pepa.
Jacque brings news reporting to its core level on her website JacqueReid.com. The site isn't just about news commentary; it provides a closer look at entertainment, politics, lifestyle, and social issues. Jacque covers all bases, even giving us a peek into her world with her blog.
"More than just news, it's about real life." Jacque personifies this quote and continues to keep her community first in all that she does. Jacque is especially passionate about women's issues. In March 2006, Jacque made her acting debut in a celebrity performance of The Vagina Monologues at The Apollo Theater featuring Kerry Washington (Ray), Alysia Reiner (Sideways) and Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child). The show benefited the Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS), a program providing specialized services to young women in abusive situations. She devotes her free time to speaking at universities and youth events around the nation. Jacque is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, and the New York Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Jacque has served on various boards, including Talbot's Scholarship Board, which provides funding to young women attending college and Uplift Jamaica, a non-profit organization which provides medical coverage and technology to Jamaican residents in need.
Jacque honed her craft at Clark Atlanta University, where she received her BA in Print Journalism and further sharpened her skills at Northwestern University, receiving her MA in Broadcast Journalism. Jacque's work speaks for itself and it's obvious that she is truly a force to be reckoned with whether on or off-camera. She's more than just news, she's the real deal in media and beyond. Visit her website at www.singleandlivingfab.com.
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A family in Indiana says they were the victim of a vicious hate crime. Tom, Sybil and J. Anthony Brown go ‘Inside Her Story’ with Dr. Myla Bennett, a doctor in Indiana who woke up one morning last week to the unimaginable.
“I was awakened out of my sleep by a boom, I wasn’t really sure what the sound was,” Bennett says. It was about 5 a.m. “Then I heard and explosion and it made the house shake. Then I got up and went into my living room but I could see an orange glow. My husband parks his truck in the driveway so I made the assumption that it was his truck on fire.
It was minus 16 degrees outside so we couldn’t just run out. So we were trying to bundle up the kids before the truck explode and once we made it outside safely, and got to the front of the house, that’s when we saw spray painted on one of the garage doors Move N—a Doctor and on the smaller door KKK spray-painted in red paint.”
Bennett is a who lives in Richmond, Indiana, about an hour from Indianapolis, an upscale suburban community is a well-known plastic surgeon who advertises via billboards around the city. Her husband’s truck was totaled, and Bennett says fire marshals told her the only reason it didn’t take the house with it is that it was so cold.
Bennett, who has lived in the city of about 30,000 for 3 years was surprised by the attack, because the city has an African-American population of about 30% and its fair share of interracial families.
“Part of why I’m trying to reach out to more people is that they are still saying “alleged” hate crime,” says Bennett. “That was clearly a note to me directly and they signed it with KKK and who blows up vehicles in people’s driveways and it was clearly directed toward me.
My neighborhood is predominantly white but my family is African-American in that neighborhood and there’s one other guy. My children play with those children. My son turned 4 a few weeks ago and all those kids were there.”
Bennett says that people who say it could have been a prank are missing the point. She was clearly targeted and even if it was kids, Bennett believes that still makes it a hate crime.
“They could have blown my house up,” she says. “It took them two hours to extinguish the fire. It incinerated the interior of the truck so badly that everything was gone. There was no evidence to collect because it was burned so badly.”
Bennett says that unless the culprits are caught, she is afraid to go back home. She and her family are currently staying at her mother’s home.
“I’m not going to put my children’s lives in jeopardy when we don’t have a point to prove,” Bennett said.
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