Pat Battle
Pat Battle
| Born | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Anthony Johnson |
Patricia N. "Pat" Battle (born December 9, 1959) is an American journalist. Since 1996, she has been at WNBC-TV.[1]
| Born | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Anthony Johnson |
Early life
Of African-American descent, Battle grew up in Neptune Township, New Jersey, where her mother was a member of the township committee and served as police commissioner. She graduated from Neptune High School in 1977, where she had been a cheerleader.[1] Her first job was with the Asbury Park Press as a reporter.[2]
Career
Battle won a 2005 New York Regional Emmy Award for Political Programming for her work on the U.S. presidential primary edition of WNBC-TV's What Matters.[3]
She appeared as herself on the Netflix original show, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Personal life
Battle is a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, and is married to Anthony Johnson, a reporter with WABC-TV, a competing New York City television station. In October 2010, she publicly revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and undergone a lumpectomy.[4]
See also
List of American print journalists
List of people from Teaneck, New Jersey
List of people from New York City
List of people from Philadelphia
List of television reporters
List of University of Maryland, College Park people