Geraldine Moriba gets the story (right)

Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 4 a.m.

\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.\nLEARN ABOUT GERALDINE\n\nsoundslikehate.org\n\n\ninstagram.com/geraldinemoriba1 / twitter.com/geraldinemoriba\n\n\nMENTIONS\n\nSouthern Poverty Law Center: splcenter.org\n\n\nTheGrio: thegrio.com\n\n\nSHOW: I Will Destroy You (HBO): imdb.com/title/tt11204260/\n\n\nPERSON: Marie-Joseph Ang\xe9lique: wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Joseph_Ang%C3%A9lique\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices