Know About Joy Reid; MSNBC, Husband, Salary, Age, Family

Joy-Reid
Published Date: 10 Mar, 2019 Updated date: 10 Mar, 2019 By Celebs Podium

With more than 20 devoting years in Journalism, Joy Reid also has a significant role as a homemaker. Similarly, the mother of three with a caring and supportive husband makes her work commitments look easy.

Born as Joy-Ann M. Lomena-Reid, the American Reporter works for MSNBC cable network. She is currently the national correspondent who also had an hour-long weekday MSNBC political commentary show, The Reid Report.

Joy Reid Bio & Family

The 50-year-old was born on 8 December 1968 in Brooklyn, New York. Talking about her family, Joy’s father was an engineer also involved with the Democratic Republic of Congo while her mother of British Guiana was a college professor and nutritionist. Her parents first meeting was in graduate school at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Unfortunately, they parted ways, and her dad shifted back to Congo. Likewise, the MSNBC was raised Methodist along with her sister and brother. Joy until the age of 17 was in Denver, Colorado, when her mother demised of breast cancer.

Joy is a graduate student at Harvard University in 1991 with a concentration in film. The new personality stands 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) and belongs to mixed descent.

Career & Net Worth

Joy makes an impeccable net worth from her newsroom work since 1997. She generated a pivotal part of her salary through MSNBC 2014 cult TV show, The Reid Report. As if for now, she invests her time as a national correspondent for MSNBC.

Joy Reid working in the MSNBC newsroom on 3 February 2019 (Picture: Joey’s Instagram)

Before MSNBC, Joy got the fortunes of working as a political columnist for Miami Herald between 2003 to 2015. Similarly, she previously filled the shoes of a co-host for Wake-Up South Florida from 2006 for a year.

Speaking on her early career start she had to aside her work at a business consulting entity in New York to ally with WSVN Channel 7 morning show in Florida

Joy’s Husband Is Into Editing Works

Just like her pleasant work at the newsroom, Joy relishes over twenty years of matrimony with Jason Reid. Her husband works as a head editor of Image Lab Films, and the lovely pair got hitched in 1997. Prior Image Lab Films, Jason did the senior editing work at Discovery Channel.

Joey Reid Valentine’s day post for her husband, Jason on 15 February 2019 (Picture: Joey’s Instagram)

Joy shares three children with Jason including two sons and a daughter. She chose to keep her family life secluded, so her children’s name and birth details have never been public.

Some Interesting Facts About Joy Reid

  • Besides MSNBC, Joy served the managing editor post of The Grio (2011–2014) and the editor of The Reid Report political blog (2000–2014).
  • The reporter is also known for writing a controversial blog, ‘Reid Report’ in 2017. In the blog, she mentioned the then Florida’s governor, Charlie Crist as a closet homosexual.
  • Joy is an active social media user with her over 148k IG and a giant 1.37 million Twitter followers.
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