The Grio
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TheGrio.com is a black and African-American video news site that focuses on underrepresented stories in existing national news that are important to the African-American community.
TheGrio was founded by NBC News
and the team who created the documentary film Meeting David Wilson
. Its purpose is to be the primary news source that satisfies the needs of African Americans to be informed and connected within their community. TheGrio's editorial mission is to cover news and events that have a unique interest and/or serious impact inside of the national African American audience.
TheGrio was founded by NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
and the team who created the documentary film Meeting David Wilson
Meeting David Wilson
Meeting David Wilson is a 90-minute video produced for initial presentation on the MSNBC cable channel. Its focus is the encounter between David A. Wilson, a black American filmmaker who grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and David B. Wilson, a descendant of a white American tobacco-plantation owner...
. Its purpose is to be the primary news source that satisfies the needs of African Americans to be informed and connected within their community. TheGrio's editorial mission is to cover news and events that have a unique interest and/or serious impact inside of the national African American audience.
Contributors
- Al SharptonAl SharptonAlfred Charles "Al" Sharpton, Jr. is an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and television/radio talk show host. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election...
(President of National Action Network) - Boyce WatkinsBoyce WatkinsBoyce D. Watkins is an American author, economist, political analyst, and social commentator. Formerly a member of the finance faculty, and currently a Scholar in Residence in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Syracuse University, he also is a Distinguished Scholar with the Barbara Jordan...
(Author and Finance Professor at Syracuse University) - Melissa Harris-Lacewell (Associate Professor of Politics & African American Studies at Princeton)
- Jeff Gardere (Clinical Psychologist)
- Benjamin JealousBenjamin JealousBenjamin Todd Jealous is the current president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People . He is the youngest ever national leader of the organization.-Early life and education:...
(NAACP President & CEO) - Pamela D. Reed (Assistant Professor of English composition & African-American literature at Virginia State University)
- Mara Schiavocampo (NBC News Digital Correspondent)
- Edward Wyckoff WilliamsEdward Wyckoff WilliamsEdward Wyckoff Williams is an author, columnist, political and economic analyst for MSNBC and NBC Universal, and a former investment banker.- Early life and education :...
(Political & Economic Analyst and Commentator)