Natalie Morales Biography
Natalie Morales is an award-winning journalist and anchor currently working as a CBS News correspondent and “48 Hours” contributor based in Los Angeles, California. Her reports feature across CBS News platforms including true-crime series “48 Hours,” “CBS Mornings,” “CBS Sunday Morning” and others. Morales is also a host of CBS’ Daytime Emmy-winning talk show “The Talk.” She joined the network in 2021.
Natalie Morales Career
Prior to joining CBS News, Morales was the west coast anchor of “Today,” a correspondent for “Dateline NBC” and the anchor of “Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales,” a series presented by Reelz. Before NBC, she was host of “Access,” co-host of “Access Live” and was news anchor of “Today,” where she co-hosted the third hour. Morales joined “Today” in 2006 as a national correspondent, reporting for all of NBC News’ platforms including “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” and MSNBC.
Furthermore, during her two decades of reporting for NBC News she covered many major national and international breaking news events, including such stories as the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting. Additionally, Morales covered the Boston Marathon bombing, the rescue of Chilean miners in 2010 and the 2009 presidential inauguration. In August 2008, she had the exclusive jailhouse interview with the infamous Clark Rockefeller. Her other notable reports include Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005 and the election of Pope Francis in 2013. Morales also reported on the royal wedding in 2011 and the birth of Prince George in 2013.
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Furthermore, Morales’ work has been recognized with three Daytime Emmy Awards as part of “Today’s” recognition as best morning news program. She’s also a recipient of a Robert F. Kennedy Award, three Gracie Awards and a National Headliner Award.
She was born in Taipei, Taiwan to her parents a Brazilian mother, Penelope and a Puerto Rican father, Lieutenant Colonel Mario Morales, Jr. Morales speaks Spanish and Portuguese and spent the first eighteen years of her life living in the United States and overseas in Panama, Brazil and Spain as a “US Air Force brat.” Morales graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Rutgers University with dual majors in Journalism & Media Studies and Latin American studies and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband and two sons.
In addition, Morales is an avid runner and has competed in five marathons, including three New York City Marathons. She has run and completed the 1995, 1996, and 2006 NYC Marathons. Morales also participates in triathlons and has been featured in a full-length article and on the cover of the October 2010 issue of Triathlete Magazine.
Natalie Morales Age
Morales was born Natalie Leticia Morales in Taipei, Taiwan on 6 June, 1972 and is now 52 years old as of 2024.
Natalie Morales Height
She stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.64m) tall.
Natalie Morales Education
Morales attended Caesar Rodney High School in Camden Delaware and graduated in 1990 . She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Rutgers University with dual majors in Journalism & Media Studies and Latin American studies and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Natalie Morales Family
She was born in Taipei, Taiwan to her parents a Brazilian mother, Penelope and a Puerto Rican father, Lieutenant Colonel Mario Morales, Jr. Morales speaks Spanish and Portuguese and spent the first eighteen years of her life living in the United States and overseas in Panama, Brazil and Spain as a “US Air Force brat.”
Natalie Morales Husband
Morales tied the knot with her husband, Joseph Rhodes on 22 August, 1998.
Natalie Morales Children
She is a mother of two sons born in 2003 and 2008.
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