Frances Rivera (born 1970) is a

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and

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appearing on the overnight news program, ''

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'' on

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. For ten years, until August 2011, she was a television reporter and anchor for

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NBC affiliate, WHDH. She then joined

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as a morning news anchor. In February 2014, she joined

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and

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where she served as co-anchor with Thomas Roberts on ''MSNBC Live''."Frances Rivera Joins Thomas Roberts on 'MSNBC Live'"
''New England One'', March 3, 2015 In 2017, she became co-anchor of '' Early Today.''

Career

After graduation from college, Rivera returned to the United States to work at ''

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'' in New York City. She worked at

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affiliate

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and NBC affiliate KFDX in

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. She also worked off camera in

for CBS News' '' The Morning Show'' and covered the 1996 Presidential campaign. Rivera was also a co-host and reporter for the

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show ''

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''.

Boston 2001-2011

In 2001, Rivera joined WHDH in Boston and in 2006, was promoted to the news anchor chair.

Move to New York 2011

In July 2011, it was reported that due to personal and family reasons, Rivera would leave WHDH in August 2011 for a New York TV job. Her last broadcast in Boston was Thursday, August 18, 2011. She left to join the

''Pix11 Morning News'' in New York City and began broadcasting there on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 6:14 a.m. covering

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. On August 6, 2013, Rivera accepted a buyout from WPIX and left the station at the end of that month. On her

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page, she stated, "Never been into on-air goodbyes, so for my last week at work, I insist on a no fuss, genuine one right here: Much love and goodbye for now!" In 2014, she became a co-anchor at MSNBC. Since 2017, she has been the co-anchor of ''Early Today''.

Personal life

Rivera was born in the

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. When she was three years old, she and her family, including her two brothers Andre and Marc, moved from the Philippines to

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. Sometime afterward, they moved and settled in

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. She was sent by her family to finish her studies in the Philippines which she did, receiving her bachelor's degree in journalism from the

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. In 2003, Rivera married Stuart Fraass, a Boston

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, and in 2010, they had their first child, a daughter named Tessa."7's Frances Rivera Welcomes Baby Girl To The World"
, WHDH-TV story, 2010. In fall 2012, she gave birth to their second child, a son named Laz Conrad River.Pekerman, Pamela

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

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