This article is about the local Philadelphia journalist. For his father, Akron, Ohio civil rights leader and lawyer, see Vernon Odom, Sr.

Vernon Odom (born on September 16, 1948) is a local Philadelphia TV journalist.

Odom received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Political Science from Morehouse College and later continued his education at Columbia University. He started with WPVI-TV, in Philadelphia in 1976. He has covered a plethora of major stories during his tenure, ranging from Presidential debates to the MOVE disaster of 1985. 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.

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