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
Awards News and Documentary Emmy Award (2019)
Forbes 30 Under 30 (2020)
Peabody Award (2022)
Website www.antoniahylton.com

Antonia Hylton (born September 26, 1993) [1] is an American journalist. She received an Emmy for her work on Vice News Tonight and is currently a correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. Hylton is the co-reporter for the podcast Southlake, which received a 2022 Peabody Award. [2]

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Early life and education

Hylton was raised outside Boston, one of seven children. [3] [2] Both of her parents are lawyers. [3] Her aunt is journalist Soledad O'Brien. [4] She was an avid reader growing up, and also performed in choir, musical theater, and was a member of dance groups. [3] In 2015 she graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, where she majored in History and Science and Global Health. [3]

Career

Directly after graduation, she was hired at Mic.com as a producer and writer for their news shows Flip the Script and Future Present. [3] 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. [3] The next year, Hylton joined Vice News Tonight as a correspondent and producer covering civil rights and politics. [3] She reported on topics including gang violence and immigration. [3] [5]

Hylton was a correspondent for the news show The Report on Quibi until the platform shut down. [2] [6] She is currently a reporter for NBC News. [7] 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. [8] [9] [10]

Hylton has spoken on bias she has experienced as a Black woman reporter. [11] She has also discussed the importance of authenticity in her reporting work. [11]

Hylton has served as a judge for the American Mosaic Journalism Prize every year since 2019. [12] [13]

In 2024 Hylton published her debut book, Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum, about Crownsville Hospital. [14]

In 2025, it was announced Hylton would depart NBC News for MSNBC ahead of the cable network's spinoff from NBCUniversal. Hylton is now a correspondent for the network and host of The Weekend: Primetime alongside Ayman Mohyeldin, Catherine Rampell and Elise Jordan.

Accolades

References

  1. ↑ "My 27th birthday is tomorrow". Twitter. 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ ""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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (2020-03-13). "NBC News Readies Four Short-Form Shows for Quibi". Variety. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  7. ↑ "Cases and anger at healthcare workers rise in small KS town". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  8. 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.
  9. 1 2 The E. W. Scripps Company. "Scripps Howard Foundation announces winners of 69th Scripps Howard Awards". Longview News-Journal. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  10. 1 2 "2022 Pulitzer Prizes". Pulitzer. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  11. 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.
  12. ↑ Hylton, Antonia (19 May 2022). "Antonia Hylton LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ Mosley, Tonya (2024-01-29). "What a Jim Crow-era asylum can teach us about mental health today". NPR. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  15. 1 2 "Antonia Hylton". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
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