FIRST FEMALE METEOROLOGIST TV

I was so enthusiastic about a lot of snow coming our way.” Jessica Faith’s last day at WPXI-TV is set for April 21. “That also makes me unique to this market as far as being a meteorologist. “I still remembered how I felt seeing snow blanket the ground and how magical it felt,” Faith said. She reminisced about geeking out during winter 2020 as she was able to enjoy her first-ever white Christmas. One particularly fun element of living here for her was experiencing heavy snowfalls. Faith felt like she “had to earn Pittsburgh’s love” before being fully accepted, but going through that process is how she eventually “fell so deeply in love with Pittsburgh.” Once Faith got settled here, she began diving into Pittsburgh’s cultural ticks and discerning “what is significant to the viewers.” That partially involved learning what Pittsburghers do on the weekends so her weather forecasts could be practically applied to their lives. Any nerves she had about relocating to an entirely new place evaporated when she visited Pittsburgh and was “blown away within an hour of me being here” thanks to that famous view of Downtown upon exiting the Fort Pitt Tunnel. At that point, Faith knew so little about Pittsburgh that she had to consult a map to recall where in Pennsylvania it was. She said that WPXI reached out to her, and the role “seemed like a really great opportunity” after getting to work in her home state. She spent two years at KLTV in Tyler, Texas, and another two years at WAFF-TV in Huntsville, Ala., before WPXI came calling. This right here, though, is really humbling.”įaith is a Clanton, Ala., native with degrees in communications from Alabama A&M University and broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University. … Leaping to Pittsburgh was something I was already happy with myself about. “I just really felt like it came at the right time. “Going to a top 10 market is a huge move for me professionally,” she said. She recently announced via social media that she soon will be leaving Channel 11 for a meteorology position at WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. Now, it’s time for Faith’s next adventure. And while it’s an honor to break this barrier, it was past due, and I pray conditions are made so many more may come behind me.” “I try my best to represent well and be a role model because I know how much I would have loved to see someone who looks like me doing the weather in central Alabama.

FIRST FEMALE METEOROLOGIST TV

“I’ve always known the importance of being Black and a woman in science and on TV news,” she told the Union Progress. Her decision to take a job in a city that was totally unfamiliar to her resulted in Faith becoming the first Black woman meteorologist in Pittsburgh TV history. Two weeks later, the couple moved to Pittsburgh as Faith got ready to join WPXI-TV’s meteorology team. Three years ago, Jessica Faith married the love of her life, Renaldo Pearson.

First female meteorologist