Don Lemon

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Don Lemon (2013)

Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana ) is an American television journalist. He is the host and anchor of CNN telecast CNN Tonight with Don Lemon .

education

Lemon grew up in East Baton Rouge Parish and attended Louisiana State University . After moving to Brooklyn College in Brooklyn , New York, he earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. During his studies he worked as an editorial assistant at the television station WNYW in New York City.

Work as a journalist

Lemon began his professional career as a weekend anchor for local broadcasters WBRC in Birmingham , Alabama and WCAU in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, and as an anchor and reporter for KTVI in St. Louis . He later worked as a reporter for NBC in New York City for the news programs Today and NBC Nightly News, among others, and appeared as a weekend anchor for Today and the news channel MSNBC . In 2003 he moved to WMAQ-TV in Chicago , where he also worked as a reporter and news anchor.

Lemon has been with CNN since 2006 , initially as a weekend anchor and correspondent in Atlanta. Since 2014 he has hosted the evening program CNN tonight from the New York studio.

Personal

Lemon published a book about his career as a journalist in 2011. In it he publicly came out as gay and discussed being sexually abused as a boy . He had already spoken about this abuse in September 2010 during a live interview with supporters of the clergyman Eddie Long , who was suspected of abusing young people in his community. In April 2019, Lemon got engaged to partner Tim Malone, a New York real estate agent. The couple live in New York City.

Honors

Lemon received an Emmy Award for a report on the Chicago real estate market. He received the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association for reporting on the Beltway Sniper case . In 2017 he received the Davidson / Valentini Award from GLAAD for promoting the rights of the LGBTQ community.

Works

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Don Lemon , CNN. Retrieved January 8, 2011. 
  2. ↑ Don Lemon: Address; Distinguished Alumnus Award , Brooklyn College.
  3. ↑ CNN Profiles - Don Lemon - Anchor - CNN. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
  4. ↑ David Folkenflik: Livelihood 'On The Line' Anchorman Reveals He's Gay NPR. May 16, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2011. 
  5. ^ Bill Carter: ~ newspaper = The New York Times Gay CNN Anchor Sees Risk in Book . May 15, 2011. 
  6. ↑ Don Lemon: CNN: Don Lemon - 'I Was Attacked by a Pedophile' , YouTube . September 25, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2014. 
  7. ^ Anchors & Reporters - Don Lemon , CNN. Retrieved February 11, 2012. 
  8. ↑ Laurence Watts: Interview: Don Lemon, CNN's openly gay anchorman . In: Pink News . September 15, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  9. ↑ Don Lemon Gives Moving Speech At GLAAD Gala: 'I Ain't Scared Of Nobody' - Essence . In: Essence . ( essence.com [accessed October 31, 2018]).

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SURNAME Lemon, Don
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American television journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Baton Rouge , Louisiana