Michaela Pereira announced on March 28,2013, that she would be leaving KTLA in May to be a part of the CNN morning show New Day that debuted on June 17,2013.
19 Facts About Michaela Pereira
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In 2016 Pereira left CNN for the HLN cable television network, where on July 11,2016, she debuted as anchor of the Los Angeles-based news program MichaeLA.
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Michaela Pereira announced on August 25,2022 that she would be leaving Good Day LA; her last day was September 9.
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Michaela Pereira was educated at Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School, a public high school in the Cariboo town of 100 Mile House, British Columbia, from which she graduated in 1988, followed by Camosun College and the University of Victoria, in British Columbia.
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Michaela Pereira began her career at CHEK-TV in Victoria, British Columbia, as host of a magazine show and documentary special.
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Michaela Pereira later co-hosted Internet Tonight on ZDTV with Scott Herriott, a daily look at Internet news and informative, interesting, and funny websites.
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Michaela Pereira hosted her last episode of TechLive on February 6,2004, after which TechTV began the process of merging with G4 in the next month, leading to its demise.
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On January 1,2007, Michaela Pereira co-hosted coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade with former game show host Bob Eubanks, replacing Stephanie Edwards.
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Michaela Pereira co-hosted the parade coverage with Eubanks again in 2008.
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On March 28,2013, it was announced that Michaela Pereira would be leaving KTLA to become a host of a new morning show at CNN.
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Michaela Pereira returned to Los Angeles in 2016 to anchor the live news program MichaeLA on HLN.
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The final broadcast of Michaela Pereira's show took place on October 26,2018.
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Michaela Pereira launched her new career at KTTV starting October 2020.
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Michaela Pereira served as the co-host of KTLA Morning News, Los Angeles' number one rated morning newscast, for nine years.
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Michaela Pereira is chairwoman of the board of LA's BEST Friends, an after school education, enrichment and recreation program.
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Michaela Pereira served as a member of the board of directors for the Long Beach Boys and Girls Club; an advisory board member of Court Appointed Special Advocates, supporting children in foster care; an advisory board member of EmpowerTech, serving people with disabilities; and co-chair of the advisory board of Optimist Youth Home, providing services for troubled youth.
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Michaela Pereira is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, the Black Journalists Association of Southern California, and American Women in Radio and Television.
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Michaela Pereira is active with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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Michaela Pereira speaks Portuguese, in addition to English, and was an avid snowboarder until a 2010 knee surgery.