Joy Reid is an MSNBC host and a journalist who has a net worth of $7 million with a yearly salary of $1.5 million. She was born in Brooklyn, New York in December 1968 and graduated from Harvard University. Reid came to fame in early 2014, When he hosted her own show at MSNBC.
She is a multi-talented author and journalist. More specifically, she is an American cable television presenter, national correspondent for MSNBC as well as political commentator.
Earning Highlights
Here is the net worth of Joy An Reid over the last few years.
Year | Net Worth |
2021 | 7 million |
2020 | 6 million |
2019 | 5 million |
2018 | 4 million |
Joy-Ann Reid: At a glance
Born: | 8 December 1968 |
Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York |
Birth Sign: | Sagittarius |
Height: | 5′ 9″ (1.75 m) |
Weight: | 57 kg |
Father’s Origin: | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Mother’s Origin: | British Guiana |
Nationality: | American |
Marital Status: | Married |
Profession: | Journalism |
Salary: | $1.5 million |
Net worth: | $7 million |
Career
Joy Reid left her job at a business consulting firm in New York, and moved to South Florida to work for a morning show at WSVN Channel 7.
In this way, she started her journalism career in 1997. In 2003, Reid left journalism in order to oppose the war between Iraq and the USA. But she returned to her journalism career as a radio host.
And then she was active in the presidential campaign of Barack Obama.
Do you know about Wake Up South Florida? Well, it’s a morning radio show that was broadcasted by WTPS. Joy Reid was the co-host of this show from 2006 to 2007.
Moreover, she was editor-in-chief of The Grio from 2011 to 2014. She also served as a political columnist for Miami Herald from 2003 to 2015. Reid was also an editor of The Reid Report, the political blog from 2000 to 2014.
Reid started to host her own cable news program in the afternoon, The Reid Report from February 2014 to February 2015. Then Reid canceled that show on February 19, 2015 and she was placed in a new role as the national correspondent of MSNBC.
Since May 2016, Reid has been hosting AM Joy, a weekend political talk show on MSNBC, and she hosted with a frequent replacement for other MSNBC moderators, including Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow. In 2018, Reid’s morning show on Saturday has an average of almost 1 million viewers per week.
Reid wrote the book named Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide, and the book was published by HarperCollins in 2015. In the same year, she gave the inaugural B. Wells lecture at Anna Julia Cooper Center, Wake Forest University.
The amazing thing is that she was ranked 4th on Twitter’s top-tweeted news outlets (@MSNBC). She was also the most tweeted journalist (@JoyAnnReid) in 2017.
In June 2020, it was noticed that Reid would likely take over hardball with Chris Mathews, and become the first black female prime time presenter on her cable. Reid also takes part as a teacher of a class at Syracuse University in Manhattan, dealing with race, gender, and media.
Lifestyles
Of-course, Joy Reid leads a luxurious life with her husband in Florida.
Social Media Profile:
- Twitter: twitter.com/JoyAnnReid
- Instagram: instagram.com/joyannreid
- Website: joyannreid.com
Joy Reid With His Husband (Recent Image)
FAQs
Joy Reid got married to Jason Reid in 1997.
Joy Reid graduated from Harvard University in 1991.
Her husband is a film producer.
June Carryl is her sister.