List of African American journalists explained

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

List of journalists

• 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

Notes and References

1. News: ESPN's Cari Champion calls the shots her way. www.vogue.com. March 24, 2016.
2. Web site: Rising star Elle Duncan discusses SportsCenter, ESPN's new boss, more | Sporting News . https://web.archive.org/web/20190403222918/http://www.sportingnews.com/us/other-sports/news/elle-duncan-espn-sportscenter-snapchat-adrienne-lawrence-lawsuit-robin-roberts-jimmy-pitaro/1lqciy01mip661eqfbzh1put7j . April 3, 2019 . March 19, 2018 .
3. News: 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. November 6, 2018.
4. News: Lester Holt's Path from country music DJ to the most powerful perch in news. Ellison. Sarah. September 6, 2019. The Washington Post. November 2, 2020.
5. News: Don Lemon. www.washingtonexaminer.com. October 12, 2018.
6. News: Former GOP insider on discrimination in her party. www.abcnews.go.com. September 7, 2017.
7. https://www.tvguide.com/news/cnn-sara-sidner-1041083/ "My mother is British, and my father is African American".