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Monica Jones Kaufman Pearson (born October 20, 1947) is an African-American journalist and news anchor. Pearson's career first started in Louisville, Kentucky as an anchor and reporter for WHAS-TV, while also working as a reporter for the Louisville Times. When Pearson moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1975, she became the first female and African-American to anchor the evening news at WSB-TV.