Producer/Writer/Host Natasha Alford Speaks to Cohort VI

Natasha is Deputy Editor of theGrio.com and host of theGrio Live.  She has also contributed to Salon, Sirius XM and WhoSay. A former educator, Natasha was also a local TV news reporter in Upstate New York. Her 2015 TEDx talk “The Courage to Report” chronicled her news reporting experience in the era of digital media and #BlackLivesMatter.

Natasha holds a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a B.A. from Harvard University.

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFjS4FJctf8