Monica Malpass is an American

United States

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 journalist

Journalist

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 and television anchor for WPVI Action News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. She co-anchor's the WPVI 5 p.m. weekday newscast and hosts the station's political talk show

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, Inside Story.

Monica Malpass was born on April 28, 1961. She received a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in journalism

Journalism

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 in 1983 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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. She won a Rotary scholarship

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 to the University of Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico

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 in 1984.

Malpass began her career as a reporter for the student-run newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel

The Daily Tar Heel

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, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She then worked as an news anchor and reporter for WCHL-AM

WCHL-AM

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 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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; a reporter for WFMY-TV

WFMY-TV

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, in Greensboro, North Carolina

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; and a reporter and anchor at WXII-TV

WXII-TV

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 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Malpass joined WPVI (Channel 6), the local ABC affiliate

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 in Philadelphia, in January 1988. She initially anchored the morning newscasts. She remains at WPVI as the 5 p.m. co-anchor as of 2010.

Malpass obtained a master's degree

Master's degree

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 in political science

Political science

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 from Villanova University

Villanova University

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 in 1999. She has also completed the Inside Washington program at the Brookings Institution

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 and was a recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Neumann College

Neumann College

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 in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Malpass announced on the 5 p.m. newscast that she was pregnant with twins on January 11, 2010. She gave birth to twin boys, Hunter Jace Malpass and Zeke Jones Malpass, on Monday, April 12, 2010. Malpass has another son, Jake, with her former husband, David Cutler.