ABOUT MONICA MILLER
Monica Miller is an award-winning international journalist who has covered stories on four continents. Monica Miller's interests have led her to report from the streets of New York City to the jazz clubs in Ethiopia and financial hubs across Asia.
From the field, Monica Miller offers breaking news updates for radio, television on online live pages. In the studio, Monica Miller brings updates with analysis in the form of live-two way interviews and packaged stories, in addition to investigative reporting features. Monica Miller also enjoys putting together memorable explainers.
BBC Reporter Monica Miller at the Singapore Air Show
In the summer of 2024, Monica Miller returned to New York after working with the BBC’s Asia Pacific hub in Singapore. During her eight years living abroad, her coverage has followed geopolitical tensions between the US and China, India’s growing economy and trends in the tech industry. Some of her deployments have taken her to India during the 2019 elections, Hong Kong to cover the pro-democracy protests, and Ethiopia to experience the jazz scene.
Prior to moving abroad, Monica Miller lived in New York City where she covered a multibillionaire mayor, Occupy Wall Street, the Black Lives Matter movement and Hurricanes Sandy, Irene and Katrina. Monica Miller was also in charge of coverage in New Jersey for CBS Radio's flagship station 880 AM and urban politics in Newark, New Jersey for NPR station WBGO 88.3. FM and WHYY in Philadelphia.
Monica Miller's work has been recognized by the Associated Press and the New York Association of Black Journalists. Monica Miller was also awarded a RIAS German/American fellowship in Berlin where she produced an award-winning documentary on jazz during the Second World War. At WCBS 880, she collaborated on news coverage honored with multiple Edward R. Murrow Awards.
But journalism isn't Monica Miller's only beat. In 2012, she joined the teaching staff at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism as an adjunct professor.
Monica Miller's own collegiate career began with an undergraduate degree in International Affairs from The George Washington University. She received a scholarship to study in Cameroon, Central Africa. A few years later, Monica Miller returned to her hometown of Philadelphia where she completed a Master of Journalism from Temple University.