Geraldine Moriba - journalist, filmmaker, advocate
\u201cI was speaking up to respected people in the industry and telling them they were wrong. But we were getting the story right.\u201d
\nGeraldine Moriba\u2019s a 5-time Emmy Award winning journalist, filmmaker, and advocate \u2014 the host and executive producer of \u201cSounds Like Hate,\u201d a podcast by the Southern Poverty Law Center - documenting how American extremists become radicalized and how some of them change. Geraldine\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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. You can learn more about Geraldine\u2019s work at Soundslikehate.org // splcenter.org
\nThis is a past conversation from Raman\u2019s other podcast, Modern Minorities, where each week we share minority conversations for all of our majority years. You\u2019ll enjoy this candid conversation that we hope will provide new perspectives and learnings.