Antonia Hylton

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Antonia Hylton
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Hylton reporting on the federal prosecution of Eric Adams in 2024
Born (1993-09-26) September 26, 1993 (age 31)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Harvard University
OccupationJournalist
Relatives Soledad O'Brien (aunt) [1]
Awards News and Documentary Emmy Award (2019 & 2022)
Forbes 30 Under 30 (2020)
Peabody Award (2022; for Southlake podcast)
Website www.antoniahylton.com

Antonia Hylton (born September 26, 1993) [2] is an American journalist. She is a former correspondent for NBC News and is currently the co-anchor for MSNBC's The Weekend: Primetime. She won two Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting. [3]

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Early life and education

Hylton was raised outside Boston, one of seven children. [4] [3] Both of her parents are lawyers. [4] Her aunt is journalist Soledad O'Brien. [5] She was an avid reader growing up, and also performed in choir, musical theater, and was a member of dance groups. [4] In 2015 she graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, where she majored in History and Science and Global Health. [4]

Career

Hylton was hired directly after graduation by Mic.com as a producer and writer for their news shows Flip the Script and Future Present. [4] Hylton met activist Darnell Moore working at Mic. Together they developed the docuseries The Movement with Darnell Moore, about grassroots organizing around the United States. [4] The next year, Hylton joined Vice News Tonight as a correspondent and producer covering civil rights and politics. [4] She reported on topics including gang violence and immigration. [4] [6]

Hylton was a correspondent for the news show The Report on Quibi until the platform shut down. [3] [7] She is currently a reporter for NBC News. [8] In 2021 she became the co-reporter for NBC's Southlake, a podcast about how a group of white students' use of a racial epithet began a cascade of controversy around critical race theory in the suburb of Southlake, Texas. The podcast received accolades including a Peabody Award, a Scripps Howard Award, and it was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting. [9] [10] [11] In 2022 she won a News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Emerging Journalist. [12]

Hylton has spoken on bias she has experienced as a Black woman reporter. [13] She has also discussed the importance of authenticity in her reporting work. [13] She has served as a judge for the American Mosaic Journalism Prize every year since 2019. [14]

In 2024 Hylton published her debut book, Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum, about Crownsville Hospital. [15] The book was a New York Times best seller. [16]

In 2025, it was announced Hylton would depart NBC News to co-host The Weekend: Primetime alongside Ayman Mohyeldin, Catherine Rampell and Elise Jordan, which debuted in May 2025. [17]

Personal life

Hylton was diagnosed with a rare neuroendocrine tumor on her colon when she was 30. [18] She had the tumor removed and the cancer did not spread. [18]

Accolades

References

  1. ↑ ""He Was A Generous And Kind Human Being": Soledad O'Brien Reflects On Her Father's Death". MadameNoire. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  2. ↑ "My 27th birthday is tomorrow". Twitter. 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  3. 1 2 3 Kahn, Mattie (30 April 2020). "A Day in the Quarantine Life of NBC News's Antonia Hylton". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fluker, Dominique (2018-05-09). "How This TV Reporter Turned Her Fearlessness Into A Gig With Vice News Tonight On HBO". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  5. ↑ ""He Was A Generous And Kind Human Being": Soledad O'Brien Reflects On Her Father's Death". MadameNoire. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  6. ↑ Evans, Greg (2018-03-07). "HBO Sets 'Vice' Season 6 Premiere Date; Actor Michael Kenneth Williams To Investigate Juvenile Justice System". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  7. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (2020-03-13). "NBC News Readies Four Short-Form Shows for Quibi". Variety. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  8. ↑ "Cases and anger at healthcare workers rise in small KS town". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  9. 1 2 Dresden, Hilton (2022-06-08). "Peabody Awards: 'We Are Lady Parts,' 'In the Same Breath' Among Third Round of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  10. 1 2 The E. W. Scripps Company. "Scripps Howard Foundation announces winners of 69th Scripps Howard Awards". Longview News-Journal. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  11. 1 2 "2022 Pulitzer Prizes". Pulitzer. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  12. 1 2 Gajewski, Ryan (2022-09-29). "ABC, Vice, CBS Among News Emmy Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  13. 1 2 Hod, Itay (2018-11-02). "Vice News Correspondent Antonia Hylton Says Sexism Is Rampant in 'Messed Up' News Industry". TheWrap. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  14. ↑ Brod, Maya (2025-02-11). "Two Journalists Awarded Nation's Largest Media Prize for Coverage of Misrepresented Communities, Including Black Americans, Migrant Farmers and Transgender Latinx Groups" (PDF). Heising-Simons Foundation. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  15. ↑ Mosley, Tonya (2024-01-29). "What a Jim Crow-era asylum can teach us about mental health today". NPR. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  16. ↑ Jones, Tom; Angela, Fu; Edmonds, Rick (2025-05-02). "Q&A: Antonia Hylton on balancing field reporting with her new role as co-host of MSNBC's 'The Weekend: Primetime'". Poynter. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  17. ↑ Johnson, Ted (2025-04-01). "Antonia Hylton And Elise Jordan To Join MSNBC's 'The Weekend: Primetime'". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  18. 1 2 "NBC's Antonia Hylton, 30, diagnosed with rare cancer after dismissing these early signs". TODAY.com. 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  19. 1 2 "Antonia Hylton". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
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