List of African American journalists

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This is a list of notable African American journalists. For other African Americans, see Lists of African Americans.

List of journalists

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Lester Holt

Don Lemon

April Ryan

Eugene Robinson

Kristen Welker

Michael Wilbon

• JoNina Abron-Ervin, journalist and academic
• Daisy Bates, journalist
• Ed Bradley, former host of 60 Minutes, on CBS
• James Brown, host of The NFL Today on CBS
• Victor Blackwell, CNN news anchor
• Cari Champion, journalist, host of ESPN's SportsCenter. ^[1]
• Ta-Nehisi Coates, author, journalist
• Sway Calloway, journalist, radio personality.
• Elle Duncan (African-American father), sports anchor for ESPN's SportsCenter . ^[2]
• Harris Faulkner, television host and anchor for Fox News. ^[3]
• Bryant Gumbel, host of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
• Charlamagne tha God, radio personality, television personality, radio host of The Breakfast Club.
• Greg Gumbel, sportscaster for NFL on CBS
• Nia-Malika Henderson, CNN political reporter
• Lester Holt, journalist and anchor for NBC News ^[4]
• Marc Lamont Hill, journalist-newscaster, political commentator employer of Al Jazeera English
• Jemele Hill, sports journalist for ESPN's The Undefeated
• Jay Harris, journalist and anchor for ESPN
• Omar Jimenez, journalist
• Jason Johnson, writer, political commentator
• Van Jones, CNN political commentator
• Sheinelle Jones, journalist and news anchor for NBC News and MSNBC
• Gayle King, journalist, television personality, co-anchor of CBS This Morning
• Don Lemon, journalist, author, CNN anchor ^[5]
• Craig Melvin, news anchor for NBC News and MSNBC
• Curt Menefee, host of Fox NFL Sunday
• Michelle Miller, national correspondent for CBS News
• Roland Martin, commentator for TV One
• Zerlina Maxwell, MSNBC political analyst
• Sophia A. Nelson, columnist ^[6]
• Candace Owens, conservative commentator, regularly appears on Fox News
• Rob Parker, sports analysis for Fox Sports
• Leonard Pitts, journalist for the Miami Herald
• April Ryan, journalist
• Eugene Robinson, 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner, columnist and associate editor of The Washington Post
• Max Robinson, broadcast journalist for ABC World News Tonight
• Al Roker, journalist
• Angela Rye, CNN political commentator
• Omari Salisbury, independent journalist and founder of Converge Media in Seattle, Washington
• David Swerdlick (African-American mother), journalist for the Washington Post
• Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation
• Bernard Shaw, former lead news anchor for CNN
• Sara Sidner, journalist, correspondent for CNN ^[7]
• Michael Smith, ESPN commentator
• Stuart Scott, former sports anchor for ESPN's Sports Center
• Stephen A. Smith, journalist, radio host for ESPN
• Symone Sanders, CNN political commentator
• Bakari Sellers, CNN political commentator
• Kristen Welker (African-American mother), MSNBC White House Correspondent for NBC News
• Fredricka Whitfield, news anchor for CNN Newsroom
• LeRoy Whitfield, journalist
• Jason Whitlock, sports journalist
• Michael Wilbon, journalist, columnist

References

1. "ESPN's Cari Champion calls the shots her way". www.vogue.com. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
2. "Rising star Elle Duncan discusses SportsCenter, ESPN's new boss, more | Sporting News". March 19, 2018. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019.
3. "Fox News's Harris Faulkner is the only African-American woman in cable news with a daily show: it's a tremendous amount of responsibility". www.businessinsider.com. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
4. Ellison, Sarah (September 6, 2019). "Lester Holt's Path from country music DJ to the most powerful perch in news". The Washington Post . Retrieved November 2, 2020.
5. "Don Lemon". www.washingtonexaminer.com. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
6. "Former GOP insider on discrimination in her party". www.abcnews.go.com. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
7. https://www.tvguide.com/news/cnn-sara-sidner-1041083/ "My mother is British, and my father is African American".