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Personal Information Summary
NameTracie Potts
SororityTracie is a passionate and proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOBNo confirmed information is available on the year she was born.
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / FianceMarried. Check the full bio for relationship details.
Where did Tracie Potts study?Potts earned her Bachelor and Master of Journalism from Northwestern University.
Children / No. of Kids3.
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / RaceBlack
NationalityAmerican
Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Tracie is an American journalist & national correspondent for NBC, where she covers Capitol Hill. She has been living in the Washington, D.C. area since 2003.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

  • Tracie is married and has three children and few grandchildren.
  • They participate frequently in church activities & Tracie also writes for a church magazine with national coverage and helps in managing a vacation Bible school.
  • Between 1987 to 1991, Potts completed her Bachelor’s and Master of Science from Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University.
  • During her master’s degree, she worked as a correspondent for WDAY-TV and radio, licensed to Fargo, North Dakota.

Journalism Work, Salary and Net Worth :

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  • Tracie has over two decades of experience as an NBC Correspondent starting from May 1997, often doing more than 25 shots daily. Her work has also reached numerous network affiliates, including San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Dallas, and Los Angeles.
  • Her specialization is in politics, health, and education, where she reports on the White House administration, central government, and Congress. She appears on local morning news programs such as “Early Today.”
  • Her reporting also extends to Al Jazeera America, CNBC Europe, The Weather Channel along with some Canadian networks.
  • Before her career at NBC, she also worked as an anchor and reporter for WATE-TV from August 1992 to April 1997, covering assignments in the East Tennessee ABC network. She was also the producer and host for half-hour news specials and public affairs programs.
  • From September 1991 to August 1992, Potts anchored for and produced the morning show for WAFF-TV’s northern Alabama NBC affiliate.
  • During her internship days, she was also a writer for The Atlanta Inquirer, Virginian-Pilot, Chicago Tribune and The Palm Beach Post.

Important Stories :

  • Some of Potts’ tall works include covering the Nelson Mandela funeral, reporting the Royal London Wedding, 2012, Summer Olympics, and covering the U.S. Presidential campaigns of 2008 and 2012.
  • Tracy worked in the Los Angeles bureau covering the West Coast and Hawaii before working in D.C. During this time, she covered natural disasters like earthquakes, tornados, wildfires, events like school shootings and protests, and sports events like the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and Super Bowls.

Career apart from Journalism :

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  • As an education enthusiast, Tracie has been a journalism and communications teacher at Knoxville College, a liberal arts institution, and Biola University, a private Southern California based University.
  • In the year 2000, she was the chief editor of “Influence of African Americans,” a regional magazine’s debut issue.
  • She has also served on the board of the American Youth Chorus (AYC).
  • At present, she shares her journalism experience as a volunteer with The News Literacy Project with middle and high school students who want to pursue the same career as hers.

Accolades :

  • Tracie was accepted as a fellow of the National Press Foundation, an organization that develops educational programs for journalists.
  • She has been rewarded the Michelle Clark Fellowship from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTDNA).
  • She has also won fellowships from The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families, University of Maryland etc.
  • For her outstanding employee contributions, Tracie has won four GEM awards.
  • During her career with WATE-TV, she was honored by The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), and was also awarded 2 Bell Awards from the Tennessee Education Association.
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