Black voices matter. Here are some women journalists you should be reading

Black women journalists are often subjected to a double marginalization because of both - their race and gender. The Coalition For Women In Journalism pushes for racial diversity within the journalism and media industry in the US, and across the world. Find below a list of select women journalists who have made their mark on the media landscape through their powerful words and fierce reportage. We will continue to update this list with more black women journalists for you to follow.

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Arts and Entertainment

CRIME AND POLICE

General Assignment

Arts and Entertainment

Robin Givhan

Washington based journalist works for Washington Post. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Jacque Reid

New York based journalist works for NBC TV. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Samantha Ofole-Prince

Los Angeles based journalist works for CaribPress. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Kelundra Smith

Atlanta based journalist works for Georgia State Law. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Sylvia O Bell

New York based writer and co-host at Netflix She tweets here. Find her work here.

Hunter Haris

New York based journalist works for Vulture. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Culture

Cerise Castle

Los Angeles based journalist works for KCRW. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Rosalind Bentley

Atlanta based journalist works for Atlanta Journal Constitution. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Allison P Davis

New York based journalist works for The Cut. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Crime and Police

Tamron Hall

New York based journalist works for TamronHallShow. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Raisa Habersham

Atlanta based journalist works for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Editorial

Stacy-Marie Ishmael

Texas based journalist works for Texas Tribune. She tweets here. Find her work here.

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New York based journalist works for The Cut. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Cassie Haynes

Philadelphia based journalist works for Resolve Philly. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Susan S. Richardson

Washington based journalist works for PublicIntegrity.org. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Kimbriell Kelly

Washington DC based journalist works for LA Times. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Evette Dionne

Denver based journalist works for Bitch Media. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Imani Gandy

Oakland based journalist works for Rewire News. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Maudlyne Ihejirika

Chicago based journalist works for Chicago Sun-Times. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Ashton Lattimore

Philadelphia based journalist works for Our Prism. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Lottie Joiner

Washington based journalist works for The Crisis. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Environment

Dalya H. Jones

Texas based journalist works for Texas Observer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Freelance

Keli Goff

New York based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Mara Schiavocampo

New York based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Cynthia Tucker

Alabama based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Tamara Winfrey-Harris

Indiana based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Ivie Ani

New York based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Briahna Joy Gray

New York based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Montinique Monroe

Texas based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

North Carolina based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Taylor Crumpton

Oakland based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Olivia Obineme

Chicago based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Farai Chideya

New York based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Sylvia Jarrus

Michigan based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Soledad O'Brien

New York based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza

Atlanta based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

General Assignment

Taisje C

Washington based journalist works for WMAL-FM. Find her work here.

Sade Baderinwa

New York based journalist works for WABC-7. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Michelle Miller

New York based journalist works for CBS. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Deborah Roberts

New York based journalist works for ABC. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Liz Brazile

Seattle based journalist works for KUOW. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Ebone Monet

San Diego based journalist works for CaribPress. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Michele Norris

Washington based journalist works for Washington Post. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Robin Roberts

New York based journalist works for ABC. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Sheinelle Jones

New York based journalist works for Today Show. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Sia Nyorkor

Ohio based journalist works for Cleveland19. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Jericka Duncan

New York based journalist works for CBS. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Morgan Radford

New York based journalist works for NBC News. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Fredricka Whitfield

Atlanta based journalist works for CNN. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Immigration

Richelle Carey

Texas based journalist works for Al Jazeera. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Outside US

Kathleen Newman Bremang

Toronto based journalist works for Refinery29. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Sharine Taylor

Toronto based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Genelle Levy

Toronto based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Yagazie Emezi

Nigeria based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Allya Davidson

Toronto based journalist works for CTVW5. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Takara Small

Toronto based journalist works for Metro Morning. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Politics

Antonia Hylton

Brooklyn based journalist works for NBC news. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Hearther McGhee

New York based journalist works for NBC News. She tweets here. Find her work here.

DeAsia Paige Sutgrey

Missouri based journalist works for News Democrat. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Jamila Bey

Washington based journalist works for WPFW. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Sara Sidner

Los Angeles based journalist works for CNN. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Caitlin Dickerson

New York based journalist works for NY Times. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Melissa Harris-Perry

New Orleans based journalist works for Zora Mag. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Race

Michaela Angela Davis

Washington based journalist works for Essence. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Audie Cornish

Boston based journalist works for NPR. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Shani Olisa
Hilton

Los Angeles based journalist works for LA Times. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Jamilah Lemieux

Los Angeles based journalist works for Slate/Ebony. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Sports

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Detroit based journalist works for The Atlantic. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Khristina Williams

New York based journalist works for Girls Talk Sports TV. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Terrika Foster-Brasby

Hartford based journalist works for ESPN. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Taylor Rooks

New York based journalist works for Bleacher Report. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Shay Simons

South Carolina based journalist works for WACH FOX. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Sharon Brown

Memphis based journalist works for Memphis Flyer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Ava Wallace

Washington based journalist works for Washington Post. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Technology

Benét J. Wilson

Baltimore based journalist works for Online News Association. She tweets here. Find her work here.

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Georgia based journalist works as a freelancer. Find her work here.

White House

Kristen Welker

Washington DC based journalist works for NBC news. She tweets here. Find her work here.

April Ryan

Washington DC based journalist works for CNN. She tweets here. Find her work here.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

Femi Oke

Washington DC based journalist works for Moderate The Panel. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Beatrice Peterson

Washington DC based journalist works for ABC NEWS. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Alyssa Pointer

Atlanta based journalist works for AJC. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Abby Phillip

Washington DC based journalist works for CNN. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Errin Haines

Atlanta based journalist works for The 19th. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Angelique Jackson

Georgia based journalist works for Variety. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Leah Asmelash

North Carolina based journalist works for CNN. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Mariya Moseley

New York based journalist work for ABC NEWS. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Donna Bryson

Denver based journalist work for Denverite. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Zoë Jackson

Detroit based journalist works for Star Tribune. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Alexandra Samuels

Texas based journalist works for Texas Tribune. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Melissa Hellmann

Philadelphia based journalist work for Seattle Times. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Tracie Hunte

Brooklyn based journalist works for WNYC Radio.She tweets here. Find her work here.

Michele Norris

Washington based journalist works for NPR. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Nicole Hannah Jones

New York based journalist works for NYT. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Bee Quammie

Toronto based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Jenice Armstrong

Philadelphia based journalist works for Philadelphia Inquirer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Melanie Burney

Philadelphia based journalist works for Philadelphia Inquirer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Kimberly Davis

Houston based journalist works for CBS3. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Rahel Solomon

Philadelphia based journalist works for CNBC. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Fabiola Cineas

Philadelphia based journalist works for VOX. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Alexis Johnson

Washington based journalist works for Pittsburgh Post Gazette. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Makeda Easter

Los Angeles based journalist works for LA Times. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Cherri Gregg

Philadelphia based journalist works for KYW News. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Erin B Logan

Washington based journalist works for LA Times. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Taylor Crumpton

Texas based journalist works for Level Mag. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Cici Adams

New York based journalist works for VOX. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Vanessa K De Luca

New Jersey based journalist works for ZORA, Medıum. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Montinique Monroe

Texas based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Sofiya Ballin

Philadelphia based journalist works for Black History Untold. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Layla Jones

Philadelphia based journalist works for Billy Pen. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Kay Angrum

New York based journalist works for NBC New York. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Morgan Jerkins

Los Angeles based journalist works for Medium. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Karen Attiah

Texas based journalist works for Washington Post. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Jenna Wortham

Brooklyn based journalist works for NYT Mag. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Yamiche Alcindor

Washington DC based journalist works for PBS News Hour. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Huda Hassan

Toronto based journalist works as a freelancer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Valerie Russ

Philadelphia based journalist works for Philadelphia Inquirer. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Wendi C. Thomas

Memphis based journalist works for ProPublica. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Omayra Issa

Saskatoon based journalist works for CBC. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Tori Mason

Denver based journalist works for CBS Denver. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Mekialaya White

Denver based journalist works for CBS Denver. She tweets here. Find her work here.

Antonia Hylton

Brooklyn based journalist works for She tweets here. Find her work here.

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