Jerrita Patterson

Reporter

I joined the CBS 6 News team in December 2011, and I am over-the-top excited to return to Virginia after spending my college years here in the Commonwealth.

I am originally from Bowling Green, Kentucky, but grew-up in Nashville, Tennessee. My television career started in my hometown of Nashville, where I was an Associate Producer, Web Editor and Weekend Producer at WKRN-TV. Two years later I made the move across the country to Butte/Bozeman, Montana. I started as a Reporter, but was soon promoted to Morning Anchor at KXLF/KBZK-TV. After two years of frigid, arctic temperatures, I packed up leaving only my parka and snow boots behind and headed to Columbia, South Carolina. There I spent two years as a Reporter/Weekend Anchor at WACH Fox News. The next part of my journey would take me to Florence, Alabama, where I spent a year as a Bureau Reporter with WHNT-TV.

I have been honored to interview everyone from poet Nikki Giovanni, former NBA player Alonzo Mourning, to President Barack Obama. But my most memorable interview was with 101-year-old South Carolina native Donella Wilson, a self-proclaimed political buff. Ms. Wilson has been voting for decades and said she was proud to “exercise a right, once denied.”

I am a proud graduate from Hampton University (the real HU) and I am a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

When I am not working, you will find me somewhere cheering on my Hampton Pirates, volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, adding to my shoe-collection, at a local comedy club or working on maintaining my "Best Auntie" title with my precious niece, Brooklyn.

My motto is: "Never settle, until your dreams become reality. But never forget, your reality is someone else's dream."

I refer to myself as a “lifeaholic” and love living life to the fullest. I am blessed to live out a dream, which allows me to tell the stories affecting my community each and every day. When you see me out please feel free to stop me and tell me your story.

Recent Articles

  • Heightened security planned for NASCAR weekend

    Posted on: 8:23 am, April 25, 2013, by , updated on: 12:42pm, April 25, 2013

    Heightened security planned during NASCAR weekend at RIR. Read More ›

  • Supporters, opponents sound off about proposed Brunswick Co. power plant

    Posted on: 1:29 pm, April 24, 2013, by , updated on: 01:40pm, April 24, 2013

    Opponents of the power plant say there are environmental and economic issues. But supporters say the plant would put hundreds to work. Read More ›

  • Henrico doctor accused of inappropriately touching two female patients

    Posted on: 2:23 pm, April 23, 2013, by , updated on: 02:25pm, April 23, 2013

    Dr. Chellappan was accused by one patient of his to have "fondled her breasts." Read More ›

  • Henrico man accused of shooting, killing neighbor walks free

    Posted on: 1:08 pm, April 19, 2013, by , updated on: 01:16pm, April 19, 2013

    Michael Mabry told CBS 6 Reporter Jerrita Patterson "I'm free, it feels good to be out," following his release from jail. Read More ›

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  • Henrico SWAT team prepares for the front lines of danger

    Posted on: 12:26 pm, April 19, 2013, by

    Henrico's SWAT team prepares for real-life emergencies in case a situation similar to what's happening in Boston were ever to make it to the streets of the Metro. Read More ›

  • MADD urging parents to discuss dangers of underage drinking with teens

    Posted on: 9:15 am, April 18, 2013, by , updated on: 01:03pm, April 18, 2013

    PowerTalk 21 Day is a day dedicated to encouraging parents to talk to their kids about drinking. Read More ›

  • Chesterfield men killed in head-on wreck on I-64

    Posted on: 11:04 pm, April 16, 2013, by and , updated on: 07:56am, April 18, 2013

    All westbound lanes of I-64 have since reopened. Read More ›

  • Glen Allen mother pleads with lawmakers to help prevent backover accidents

    Posted on: 8:11 am, April 11, 2013, by , updated on: 08:20am, April 11, 2013

    Unfortunately backover accidents have been a sad reality for thousands of families, but one Glen Allen mother is looking to curb the startling statistics. Read More ›

  • Lawmakers take aim at gun control debate

    Posted on: 1:26 pm, April 10, 2013, by , updated on: 02:26pm, April 10, 2013

    As the debates continue in our Nation's Capital, a newly released poll said 86 percent of Americans support strengthening background checks for guns in some way. Read More ›

  • Gov. McDonnell lunches with Spielberg, travels overseas

    Posted on: 12:51 pm, April 10, 2013, by , updated on: 01:38pm, April 10, 2013

    The governor left Virginia Wednesday on a 16-day national and international trade mission. Read More ›

  • Henrico County’s budget up for debate

    Posted on: 8:22 am, April 9, 2013, by

    Tonight residents are invited to come out to a 6 p.m. meeting to voice their concerns about any budget plans. Read More ›

  • ‘Person of interest’ in Chester homicide has violent past

    Posted on: 1:25 pm, April 4, 2013, by , updated on: 02:02pm, April 4, 2013

    If you have any information on Lloyd Edward Warren's whereabouts, you are urged to contact Chesterfield Crime Solvers at (804) 748-0660. Read More ›