Don Lemon
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 On the National Mall during the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama |
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| Born | March 1, 1966 Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Residence | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Education | Brooklyn College Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
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Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966) is an American journalist and television news anchor, best known as the host of the prime-time weekend edition of CNN Newsroom, based in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
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Biography [edit]
Early life [edit]
Lemon was born on March 1, 1966 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He majored in broadcast journalism at Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York, and also attended Louisiana State University.[1][2]
While in college, Lemon worked as a news assistant at WNYW (TV 5 in New York City). He has also reported as a weekend anchor for WCAU (TV 10 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); anchor and investigative reporter for KTVI (TV 2 in St. Louis); and anchor for WBRC (TV 6 in Birmingham, Alabama).[1]
Lemon reported for NBC News' New York City operations, including working as a correspondent for Today and NBC Nightly News and an anchor on Weekend Today and MSNBC. In August 2003 he began at NBC O&O station WMAQ-TV (5 in Chicago), and was a reporter and the 5 p.m. local news co-anchor.[1]
Lemon joined CNN in September 2006.[1] Lemon has been outspoken in his work at CNN, criticizing the state of cable news and questioning the network publicly.[3]
Personal life [edit]
During an on-air interview with members of Bishop Eddie Long's congregation on September 25, 2010, Lemon said that he was a victim of sexual abuse as a child, and that it was not until he was thirty years old that he told his mother about it.[4][dead link]
In his memoir, Transparent, released in May 2011, Lemon came out publicly as gay[5] and discusses racism in the black community, homophobia, and the sexual abuse that he suffered as a child.[6]
Lemon lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Honors and awards [edit]
Lemon won an Emmy Award for a special report on the real estate market in Chicago.[7] He received an Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of the capture of the D.C. area sniper,[8] and a number of other awards for reports on Hurricane Katrina, and the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
Lemon was voted as one of the 150 most influential African Americans by Ebony magazine in 2009.[9]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Don Lemon". CNN. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
- ^ Don Lemon: Address; Distinguished Alumnus Award, Brooklyn College.
- ^ Williams, Wyatt (December 22, 2011). "Can Don Lemon set CNN straight?". Creative Loafing. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- ^ Lemon, Don (2010-09-25). "CNN: Don Lemon - "I Was Attacked By A Pedophile"". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ Folkenflik, David (May 16, 2011). "Livelihood 'On The Line,' Anchorman Reveals He's Gay". NPR. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ Carter, Bill (May 15, 2011). "Gay CNN Anchor Sees Risk in Book". The New York Times.
- ^ "Anchors & Reporters - Don Lemon". CNN. 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Laurence Watts (15 September 2011). "Interview: Don Lemon, CNN’s openly gay anchorman". Pink News. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ "CNN.com". CNN.
External links [edit]
- Don Lemon on Twitter
- Don Lemon at the Internet Movie Database
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- African-American journalists
- African-American memoirists
- American journalists
- American television news anchors
- Brooklyn College alumni
- Chicago, Illinois television anchors
- CNN people
- LGBT African Americans
- LGBT memoirists
- Louisiana State University alumni
- LGBT journalists from the United States
