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 activist
- Yamiche Alcindor, journalist
- Karen Attiah, writer and editor
- Sade Baderinwa, journalist and news anchor
- Daisy Bates, journalist and activist
- Jamila Bey, journalist and public speaker
- Ed Bradley, former host of 60 Minutes, on CBS
- James Brown, host of The NFL Today on CBS
- Victor Blackwell, CNN news anchor
- Sway Calloway, journalist, radio personality
- Richelle Carey, journalist
- Cerise Castle, journalist
- Cari Champion, journalist, host of ESPN's SportsCenter.
- Farai Chideya, journalist
- Ta-Nehisi Coates, author, journalist
- Audie Cornish, journalist
- Vanessa de Luca, journalist and editor
- Merri Dee, journalist and philanthropist
- Caitlin Dickerson, journalist
- Evette Dionne, culture writer
- Elle Duncan, sports anchor for ESPN's SportsCenter.
- Jericka Duncan, journalist
- Alice Allison Dunnigan, journalist, civil rights activist and author
- Harris Faulkner, television host and anchor for Fox News.
- Georgia Fort, independent journalist
- Keli Goff, journalist and screenwriter
- Robin Givhan, fashion journalist and editor
- 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
- Errin Haines, journalist
- Tamron Hall, journalist and talk show host
- Jay Harris, journalist and anchor for ESPN
- Melissa Harris-Perry, journalist and scholar
- Nia-Malika Henderson, CNN political reporter
- Jemele Hill, sports journalist for ESPN's The Undefeated
- Marc Lamont Hill, journalist-newscaster, political commentator employer of Al Jazeera English
- Shani Hilton, journalist and editor
- Lester Holt, journalist and anchor for NBC News
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault, journalist
- Antonia Hylton, journalist
- Gwen Ifill, journalist and newscaster
- Stacy-Marie Ishmael, journalist and editor
- Omar Jimenez, journalist
- Jason Johnson, writer, political commentator
- Sheinelle Jones, journalist, news anchor and commentator
- Van Jones, CNN political commentator
- Sheinelle Jones, journalist and news anchor for NBC News and MSNBC
- Kimbrell Kelly, investigative journalist and editor in chief of Chicago Public Media
- Gayle King, journalist, television personality, co-anchor of CBS This Morning
- Jamilah Lemieux, journalist
- Don Lemon, journalist, author, CNN anchor
- Heather McGee, commentator
- 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
- Nancy Hicks Maynard, journalist and publisher
- Sophia A. Nelson, columnist
- Michele Norris, journalist
- Soledad O'Brien, journalist and commentator
- Rob Parker, sports analysis for Fox Sports
- Leonard Pitts, journalist for the Miami Herald
- Lydia Polgreen, journalist
- Morgan Radford, broadcast journalist
- Jacque Reid, journalist and broadcast TV news anchor
- Monica Richardson, newspaper editor and senior vice president of USA Today
- Deborah Roberts, broadcast journalist
- Robin Roberts, newscaster
- 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
- Taylor Rooks, sports journalist
- Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, editor of the Woman's Era, the first national newspaper published by and for African American women.
- April Ryan, journalist
- Angela Rye, CNN political commentator
- Omari Salisbury, independent journalist and founder of Converge Media in Seattle, Washington
- Symone Sanders, CNN political commentator
- Mara Schiavocampo, journalist
- Stuart Scott, former sports anchor for ESPN's Sports Center
- Bakari Sellers, CNN political commentator
- 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
- Stephen A. Smith, journalist, radio host for ESPN
- Rahel Solomon, broadcast journalist
- Alison Stewart, journalist and radio host
- David Swerdlick, journalist for the Washington Post
- Wendi C. Thomas, investigative journalist
- Cynthia Tucker, journalist
- Kristen Welker, host of Meet the Press on NBC News
- Ida B. Wells, journalist and civil rights activist
- Fredricka Whitfield, news anchor for CNN Newsroom
- LeRoy Whitfield, journalist
- Jason Whitlock, sports journalist
- Michael Wilbon, journalist, columnist
- J Wortham, journalist
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