About the Author

Jennifer Joyner is a journalist with more than sixteen years’ experience covering the news in North and South Carolina. In her career she has worn many hats: television reporter, morning radio show cohost, news director, and featured writer. For the past ten years, home for Jennifer has been WRAL-TV, one of the largest CBS affiliates in the country. For WRAL, she helps gather news for the Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville markets. She also anchors morning newscasts for two radio stations in Fayetteville, one of which, WZFX-FM, is one of the most dominant urban radio stations in the southeastern United States. Jennifer is also a featured writer for WRAL.com and chronicles her personal journey at jenniferjoyner.com.

Jennifer has been married to her husband, Michael, a news photographer for WRAL-TV, for seventeen years. They have two children—Emma is six, and Eli is five. They make their home in Fayetteville, North Carolina.