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Vernon Odom (born September 16, 1948) is a retired local Philadelphia TV journalist.
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Vernon Odom (born September 16, 1948) is a retired local Philadelphia TV journalist.
Odom is the son of Vernon Odom Sr. and Sadie Harvey Odom. His sister, Maida Cassandra Odom, also a journalist and a professor at Temple University, Philadelphia.
Odom received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and political science from Morehouse College [1] and later continued his education at Columbia University.
He started with WPVI-TV, in Philadelphia on May 17, 1976. He has covered a plethora of major stories during his tenure, ranging from Presidential debates to the 1985 MOVE bombing. He also hosted "Visions", a weekly look at urban life in Philadelphia. In November 2004, he was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.
He retired from 6 ABC in 2019, and now works as a visiting professor at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. [2] [3] [4]
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