EPISODE · Oct 4, 2021 · 47 MIN
Geraldine Moriba gets the story (right)
from Modern Minorities · host W!ZARD Studios
“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 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.com/geraldinemoriba1 / twitter.com/geraldinemoriba MENTIONS Southern Poverty Law Center: splcenter.org TheGrio: thegrio.com SHOW: I Will Destroy You (HBO): imdb.com/title/tt11204260/ PERSON: Marie-Joseph Angélique: wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Joseph_Ang%C3%A9lique See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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“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 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.com/geraldinemoriba1 / twitter.com/geraldinemoriba MENTIONS Southern Poverty Law Center: splcenter.org TheGrio: thegrio.com SHOW: I Will Destroy You (HBO): imdb.com/title/tt11204260/ PERSON: Marie-Joseph Angélique: wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Joseph_Ang%C3%A9lique See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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