Contessa Brewer

Contessa Brewer joined msnbc in September 2003. She serves as an anchor for msnbc.

Brewer previously anchored weekend evening newscasts for WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, Wis. She also served as an anchor and reporter for Palm Springs, Calif. and at KRNV-TV in Reno.

Brewer is a magna cum laude graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where she holds a bachelor of science in broadcast journalism.

Brewer currently resides in New York City.