Joseph Pleasant joined the KTVE/KARD news team as a general assignment reporter in May 2005. Joseph is a native of Midland, Texas. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas A&M University in August 2002 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Journalism. In August 2004 Joseph completed is Masters of Broadcast Journalism Degree at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Chicago, Ill. During the Summer of 2004, Joseph covered Washington D.C. as a Capitol Hill reporter for KMID-TV in Midland, Texas. Before coming to KTVE/KARD, Joseph worked as a tape editor at KBTX-TV in Bryan, Texas. He also worked as a freelance writer for the Midland Reporter-Telegram in Midland, Texas. While in college Joseph interned at various places within the news industry including at MTV Daily News in New York and with the Tribune Company at the 2004 Republican National Convention. In his free time Joseph enjoys cooking, working out, reading and spending time with friends and family. If you see Joseph out on a story or out around town feel free to say hello. If you have story ideas for Joseph, email him at jpleasant@nbc10news.net.