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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
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- 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.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates, author, journalist
- Sway Calloway, journalist, radio personality.
- Elle Duncan (African-American father), sports anchor for ESPN's SportsCenter.
- Harris Faulkner, television host and anchor for Fox News.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- "ESPN's Cari Champion calls the shots her way". www.vogue.com. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- "Rising star Elle Duncan discusses SportsCenter, ESPN's new boss, more | Sporting News". March 19, 2018. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019.
- "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.
- 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.
- "Don Lemon". www.washingtonexaminer.com. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- "Former GOP insider on discrimination in her party". www.abcnews.go.com. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- https://www.tvguide.com/news/cnn-sara-sidner-1041083/ "My mother is British, and my father is African American".