Tony Harris (journalist)
Tony Harris (born July 25, 1967) is a US-American television reporter, news anchor and producer, currently with Investigation Discovery. Previously Harris was a news anchor at Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera America and CNN.[1]
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| Born | July 25, 1967 |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland, Baltimore County, (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Journalist, Anchorman |
Notable credit(s) | Al Jazeera America News Al Jazeera English Newshour CNN Saturday Morning CNN Sunday Morning CNN Newsroom |
Life and career
Tony Harris is a B.A. graduate in English from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
He entered broadcasting as a nineteen-year-old radio disc jockey in his native Baltimore, Maryland. Two years later, he moved to television as a features reporter for an afternoon newsmagazine in Cleveland, Ohio. He rose to co-host. Moving to New York City, he worked as an entertainment reporter for Entertainment Tonight and the Home Box Office. He returned to Cleveland in the early 1990s as a weekend news anchor, then again to New York City, and Los Angeles, as a reporter for the Fox Network prime time newsmagazine Front Page.
He returned to local news as lead anchor for WBFF and WNUV in Baltimore, and then for WGCL-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, before joining CNN in September 2004. Based at CNN Center in Atlanta,[1] Harris co-anchored CNN Saturday Morning and CNN Sunday Morning with Betty Nguyen until he made the move to anchor CNN Newsroom on September 8, 2008. He was also a frequent substitute anchor on weekday news programs including American Morning. Harris has won an Emmy Award.
He left CNN at the end of December 2010.[2]
In April 2011, Harris debuted as an anchor on Al Jazeera English. His first broadcast was at 16:00 GMT on April 12, 2011.[3]
On August 20, 2013, he debuted as an anchor on Al Jazeera America. His first broadcast was the first regularly scheduled program ever on the network with the news at 4:00 p.m. eastern time.
In 2020, Harris began hosting the podcast Monster: DC Sniper.[4]
References in popular culture
After Harris criticized NASA for naming the new space station treadmill after comedian Stephen Colbert, Colbert responded on September 30, 2009 by naming his in-studio toilet the H.A.R.R.I.S. (Human Ass Receiving Receptacle In Studio).[5]
References
- "Anchors & Reporters - Tony Harris". CNN. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- "John Roberts to leave 'American Morning' in the new year". New York Post. December 7, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- "Former CNN Anchor Tony Harris Now Anchoring for Al Jazeera English". MediaBistro.com. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- "Baltimore's own Tony Harris discusses "Monster" the D.C. Sniper podcast". WBAL TV. February 4, 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- "The Colbert Report - A Pace Odyssey". Viacom. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2010.