Hampton Pearson
Hampton Pearson
Hampton Pearson is a CNBC Washington Bureau Correspondent since 1999.
Career
Hampton Pearson is CNBC's Washington, D.C., reporter covering economic, financial and political news from the nation's capital. Since joining CNBC in the summer of 1995, Hampton Pearson has reported extensively on the Microsoft anti-trust trial, provided the first live reports of the Capital Hill shooting of two police officers and had in-depth coverage of the nationwide United Parcel Service strike. In addition, Hampton regularly reports on the White House, Congress, the Federal reserve, and a host of legislative and regulatory issues of vital concern to CNBC viewers.
In 2004, Hampton Pearson was nominated for a Business News Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for a series of reports on Medical device technology.
Prior to joining CNBC, he worked as a chief political Reporter for WBZ-TV in Boston from 1987 to 1995, where he covered local, state and nationalpolitics, as long as world events. In addition, he has served as a Reporter / Producer for the Washington bureau of CBS News and Reporter / Bureau chief for KRON-TV, San Francisco, where he won a local Emmy Award for Best News Feature in 1984.
Besides, Hampton Pearson has also been a wekkend anchor in Milwaukee and San Francisco. He has been covering key presidential news events, including campaigns, Inauguration s and Summit Meeting s since 1976.
Education
Hampton Pearson holds a B.A in Broadcast journalism from The Ohio State University (1966-1970). Previously, he finished The Ohio State University East Anchorage High School.