Tony Harris (journalist)
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| Tony Harris | |
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| Born | July 25, 1967 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Tony Harris (born July 25, 1967) is a United States television reporter and news anchor, now anchoring on Al Jazeera English. Harris was most recently a news anchor on CNN.[1]
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 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, 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. Based at CNN Center in Atlanta, Harris co-anchored CNN Saturday Morning and CNN Sunday Morning with Betty Nguyen until he made the move to anchor CNN Newsroom. 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 31, 2010.[2]
In April 2011, Harris debuted as an anchor on Al Jazeera English. His first broadcast was at 1600GMT on April 12, 2011.[3]
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)[4]
References
- ^ "CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Tony Harris". CNN. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ "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. He is based in Doha,Qatar". MediaBistro.com. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ "The Colbert Report - A Pace Odyssey". Viacom. 30 Sept 2009. Retrieved 31 Dec 2010.
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