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

  • Grandfather fined after 2nd grader brings loaded gun to school

    Posted on: 12:01 pm, March 14, 2013, by and , updated on: 12:50pm, March 14, 2013

    Harvey Pleasant, 78, said he had no idea how his seven-year-old grandson found the gun and brought it to school.
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    Ratcliffe Elem
  • Thousands mourn state trooper death

    Posted on: 1:41 pm, March 12, 2013, by , and , updated on: 06:34pm, March 12, 2013

    An estimated 3,000 people gathered for the funeral of slain State Police Master Trooper J.A. Walker.
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  • Alleged trooper killer argues with judge, says he’s ‘fine with being executed’

    Posted on: 11:14 am, March 8, 2013, by and , updated on: 06:23pm, March 8, 2013

    Stay with CBS 6 News and WTVR.com for the latest updates on this important local story.
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    Russell Brown
  • Melting snow creates hidden river dangers

    Posted on: 1:02 pm, March 7, 2013, by , updated on: 02:07pm, March 7, 2013

    Signs are posted about high water
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  • Man blames ‘voices’ for school parking lot beating

    Posted on: 11:37 am, March 5, 2013, by , updated on: 01:46pm, March 5, 2013

    Uriah Harris is being charged with several serious crimes, to include attempted murder and malicious bodily injury.
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  • Young girl allegedly caged, starved by parents set to testify during trial

    Posted on: 7:13 am, March 5, 2013, by

    The now 8-year-old girl will testify via closed circuit television in the trial of her parents Brian and Shannon Gore.
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  • Some programs spared from the sequester

    Posted on: 1:15 pm, March 1, 2013, by , updated on: 01:16pm, March 1, 2013

    While some services are being slashed others are being spared, like social security benefits, medicaid and Pell Grants for college students.
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  • McDonnell says ‘the excuses are over’ regarding sequestration squabble

    Posted on: 2:43 pm, February 28, 2013, by , updated on: 02:52pm, February 28, 2013

    Governor Bob McDonnell is hopeful Congress and the White House will avoid potential defense budget cuts.
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  • Charges dismissed against Chesterfield band teacher

    Posted on: 12:36 pm, February 27, 2013, by , and , updated on: 07:27pm, February 27, 2013

    Two of the victim's classmates, who appeared in court, described what happened as a pretend slap with a playful sound effect.
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  • Potential education cuts concern parents

    Posted on: 1:02 pm, February 26, 2013, by , updated on: 01:25pm, February 26, 2013

    Millions in federal dollars could be taken away from a Virginia fund helping to educate children with disabilities.
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  • Mother, child homeless following Henrico fire

    Posted on: 7:06 am, February 26, 2013, by and , updated on: 08:07am, February 26, 2013

    Fire investigators are still working to determine what started the fire.
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  • Teen charged after gun found during high school fight

    Posted on: 7:46 am, February 22, 2013, by and , updated on: 05:19pm, February 22, 2013

    John Marshall High School placed on a code red lock down.
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    Danzall Seward