EP 107: Geraldine Moriba gets the story (right)

 
 “I was speaking up to respected people in the industry and telling them they were wrong.  But we were getting the story right.”

 “I was speaking up to respected people in the industry and telling them they were wrong.
But we were getting the story right.”

“I was speaking up to respected people in the industry and telling them they were wrong. But we were getting the story right.”

Geraldine Moriba’s a 5-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and advocate — the host and executive producer of “Sounds Like Hate,” a podcast by the Southern Poverty Law Center - documenting how American extremists become radicalized and how some of them change. Geraldine’s also SVP of news and entertainment at The Grio - a black-owned media platform owned by businessman and philanthropist Byron Allen. A media and journalism veteran, Geraldine’s held senior roles at CNN, NBC, PBS, ABC, and CBC - including being vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion for CNN Worldwide. A Canadian-Jamaican living in New York, Geraldine’s never accepted setbacks on her journey - they were just challenges to overcome. From confronting racist administrators in college to accepting a fax-machine invitation, Geraldine built a career that would always challenge for the right story to be told.

LEARN ABOUT GERALDINE
soundslikehate.org
Instagram / Twitter

MENTIONS
Southern Poverty Law Center
TheGrio
SHOW: I Will Destroy You (HBO)
PERSON: Marie-Joseph Angélique

 
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