Who is MSNBC’s Joy Reid? Her Husband, Salary, Net Worth & Other Facts

MSNBC audiences would be well-acquainted with African-American journalist Joy Reid, a liberal political commentator, national correspondent and television host with the network. She is currently the host of the show called ‘The Reid Report’ which airs every weekday by 2pm and also contributes to the weekend morning political talk show ‘AM Joy’ , as a facilitator.

The veteran journalist has a distinguished past; between 2003 and 2015, she worked with the Miami Herald as a political columnist and was also co-host of Wake-Up South Florida from 2006 to 2007. Reid edited her private blog site, known as Reid Report from 2000 to 2014 before it closed and was also with TheGrio.com (2011-2014) as editor. In addition to her work as a journalist and television personality, Joy Reid wrote a book called “Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide” in 2015.

Who is MSNBC’s Joy Reid?

Joy, currently renowned as one of the most dedicated and up-and-coming liberal political commentators, was born on December 8, 1968, in Brooklyn, New York, as Joy-Ann Lomena. She then took her husband’s name, Reid, after her marriage. Her father, an engineer from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was more or less an absentee father who visits his family when it suits him. Her mother, a university professor and nutritionist from British Guiana raised Joy with her siblings – a brother and a sister..

Joy’s father eventually returned to DR Congo after his divorce from her mother. Joy, who was raised as a Methodist, spent most of her childhood in Denver, Colorado until she was 17 when her mother succumbed to breast cancer. She eventually moved to Flatbush in New York where she stayed with her aunt.

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The famous journalist attended the prestigious Harvard University where she graduated in film in 1991, although she was initially interested in pre-medicine. During her years at Harvard, she had financial problems which forced her to spend her free time as a food server and campus bus driver just to cover some of her expenses.

Her husband

The famous journalist is married to Jason Reid, a partner and editor of Image Lab Films. Jason, who has worked at Image Lab Films since 2005, was an editor at Discovery Channel. It looks like Joy Reid is keeping the details of her marriage to Jason as her little secret. The only obvious thing is that the couple are living happily together.

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The political commentator keeps a family of five with her devoted husband and three adorable children. Although the details of their birth are not known to the public, Joy’s children include two boys and a girl. She combines her successful career with motherhood and still manages to be an excellent mother to her children and a loving wife to her partner. Joy Reid currently lives in Brooklyn with her family.

Salary and net worth

So far in his career, the political commentator and MSNBC National Correspondent has had tremendous success. Although her salary is not known, it has been called impressive as she was able to accumulate a net worth of $1.5 million.

Other Facts About Joy Reid

Body Stats

The African American journalist is 5ft 9in tall with the typical black African hair and black eye color. She is approaching middle age but still has the youthful exuberance of a twenty-five year old. Joy has a striking personality and exudes great confidence in the way she carries herself.

Social media profiles

Joy Reid is active on various social media She is known to upload much of her work to her Facebook and Twitter accounts. The TV host has over 1.16 million Twitter followers, 14,000 Facebook followers and 80.2,000 Instagram followers.

Controversial Blog

Joy’s controversial post on her former “Reid Report” blog, where she insinuated that Florida Governor Charlie Crist was a low-key gay man, resurfaced on Twitter on November 30, 2017. and 2009 drew a lot of criticism. and has been labeled as homophobic.

In reaction, the journalist who claimed not to have remembered having made this excuse to Crist who thanked her for these excuses. After consenting to a thorough investigation of her blog for evidence of hacking, Joy had no choice but to shut it down as more incriminating posts were found on the blog.