Don Lemon

Don Lemon
On the National Mall during the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama
Born	March 1, 1966 (1966-03-01) (age 45) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Education	Brooklyn College Louisiana State University
Occupation	News anchor

Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966) is a reporter for CNN and news anchor on the prime-time weekend version of CNN Newsroom, based in Atlanta.^[1]

Life and career

Lemon was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He received a degree in broadcast journalism from Brooklyn College and also attended Louisiana State University.^[1][2]

While still in college, he became a news assistant at WNYW (TV 5 in New York City). He has also been a reporter and weekend anchor for WCAU (TV 10 in Philadelphia); anchor and investigative reporter for KTVI (TV 2 in St. Louis); and anchor for WBRC (TV 6 in Birmingham, Alabama).^[1]

He became a reporter for NBC News' New York City operations, including working as a correspondent for Today and NBC Nightly News and an anchor on Weekend Today and MSNBC. In August 2003 he began at NBC O&O station WMAQ-TV (5 in Chicago), and was a reporter and the 5 p.m. local news co-anchor.^[1]

Lemon joined CNN in September 2006.^[1]

Personal life

During an on-air interview with members of Bishop Eddie Long's congregation on September 25, 2010, Lemon said that he was a victim of sex abuse as a child, and that it wasn't until he was thirty that he told his mother about it.^{[3][dead link]}

In his memoir, Transparent, released in May 2011, Lemon acknowledges publicly that he is gay^[4] and discusses colorism in the black community, racism, homophobia, and the sexual abuse that he suffered as a child.^[5]

Lemon lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Honors and awards

Lemon won an Emmy Award for a special report on the real estate market in Chicago. He received an Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of the capture of the D.C. area sniper, and a number of other awards for reports on Hurricane Katrina, and the AIDS epidemic in Africa.

Lemon was voted as one of the 150 most influential African-Americans by Ebony magazine in 2009.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Don Lemon". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/lemon.don.html. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
2. ^ Don Lemon: Address; Distinguished Alumnus Award, Brooklyn College.
3. ^ Lemon, Don (2010-09-25). "CNN: Don Lemon - "I Was Attacked By A Pedophile"". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOugtJWYlZI. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
4. ^ Folkenflik, David (May 16, 2011). "Livelihood 'On The Line,' Anchorman Reveals He's Gay". NPR. http://www.npr.org/2011/05/16/136338277/livelihood-on-the-line-anchor-reveals-hes-gay. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
5. ^ Carter, Bill (May 15, 2011). "Gay CNN Anchor Sees Risk in Book". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/business/media/16anchor.html?_r=1. 

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Name	Lemon, Don
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Short description	American journalist and news anchor
Date of birth	March 1, 1966
Place of birth	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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