Contessa Brewer is a news anchor for MSNBC. She joined MSNBC in September of 2003 after working for WTMJ-TV-WTMJ-DT in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter. She has also worked for KMIR-TV-KMIR-DT in Palm Springs, California from 1997 to 1999, and KRNV-TV-KRNV-DT in Reno, Nevada.