DeMarco Morgan

DeMarco Morgan began his broadcasting career while working on his master's degree at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism when he covered the September 11 attacks. Morgan also taught journalism at Jackson State University for two years and English at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

After graduation, Morgan landed his first reporting job at CBS affiliate WJTV in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2004, he joined ABC affiliate WISN in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, co-anchoring alongside Portia Young for three years. In 2007, he joined NBC station WTVJ in Miami as an anchor and reporter. In December 2008, he joined NBC's flagship station in New York, WNBC, as a weekend anchor, and also as a cut-in anchor for MSNBC. Morgan joined Atlanta's NBC affiliate, WXIA, in January 2012, where he co-anchored the 6 P.M. newscast weeknights with Brenda Wood and reported for the 11 P.M. nightly broadcast. While in Atlanta, Morgan also taught journalism classes at Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University. In October 2015, Morgan left WXIA to join CBS News as a correspondent.

On April 17, 2019, it was announced that Morgan would move to CBS station KCBS in Los Angeles on May 6, 2019 as the weekday morning anchor for the 4:30-7:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. newscasts, alongside Suzanne Marques. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he also anchored select newscasts for CBS station WCBS in New York and the CBS Weekend News from Los Angeles, as infected CBS employees had disallowed the use of the CBS Broadcast Center.

As of December 2022, he now works for ABC News. Since 2023 he's primarily been co-hosting GMA3. Morgan was named as a permanent co-host of GMA3 in May 2023.

While in college in 2001, Morgan became the only African-American male to rank in Scripps Howard's Top 10 Collegiate Journalists in the country.

While in Milwaukee, Morgan was the Honorary Grand Marshal two years in a row for the United Negro College Fund, and has been honored with several Associated Press and broadcasting awards.

In Ebony Magazine's 2006 recognition of African Americans for their "knowing the importance of giving back to their communities" and for their reflecting "the burgeoning leader within", Morgan was listed as "One of America's Young Leaders of the Future". Also in 2006, he received the NABJ National Community Service Award.

In 2009, Morgan received the "Thurgood Marshall Prestige Award" for community service during his time in New York.