[4] Pearson was poached by the Nine Network in 1988 who reportedly lured her across from Ten with a contract worth approximately one million dollars.
There were political and geographical differences that made it extremely difficult for me and the shows.”[10] In 1991, she co-hosted Ten's Young Achiever Awards telecast with Tim Webster.
[5] In 2010, Pearson was dividing her time between Melbourne and Ealing in London and by 2012, she was living in Hertfordshire in the UK and working as a producer, director and voiceover artist.
[5][14] Pearson was previously married to weather presenter Rob Gell who she worked with on Ten Eyewitness News.
[14] Pearson is among a group of prolific female news presenters of the 1980s who are said to have inspired the acclaimed ABC TV drama The Newsreader.