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About Natasha S. Alford

Natasha S. Alford is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and media executive driven by the power of storytelling. As the Senior Vice President of theGrio, Natasha leads a newsroom that tells stories that inspire and inform. Follow her on social media at @natashasalford across all platforms.

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September 26, 2018
[griojw id=”rDkLuwcL” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”] He went from beloved TV father figure to a prisoner with a number.  This is Bill Cosby’s
September 26, 2018
Zerlina Maxwell knows why she didn’t report it. Maxwell was just about to start her first year of law school
September 26, 2018
Afro Latina reporter and meterologist Corallys Ortiz responds to the racist voicemail she received from a viewer about her natural…
September 25, 2018
[griojw id=”NYBWDAnQ” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”] Hey, Grio fam! Here is your Download for Tuesday, September 25th. Dallas police are finally taking action against Amber
September 24, 2018
[griojw id=”IgzL9iXk” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”] Lucy McBath, the mother of slain teenager, Jordan Davis, killed in his car by a man who
DC high school football player ineligible thegrio.com
September 24, 2018
Jamal Speaks, the high school football player kept from playing the game he loved over housing rules, is now back
Derrick Johnson thegrio
September 20, 2018
On Wednesday night the NAACP hosted a “National Call to Action” in preparation for the highly anticipated midterm elections.
September 19, 2018
Corallys Ortiz, a TV meteorologist and reporter at WBBJ 7 in Jackson, TN, decided that instead of her usual straight-haired…
September 18, 2018
[griojw id=”ORagb6eN” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”] Marc Morial says the “n-word” was a fighting word when he grew up in Louisiana. Morial has
September 18, 2018
Russell Hornsberry, star of the new fillm, "The Hate U Give" says it's time more Black fathers received the credit…
September 17, 2018
[griojw id=”jI3rARq4″ playerid=”x9J2bwvH”] Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous has made a promise you won’t hear most politicians make. Jealous,
September 15, 2018
[griojw id=”jZDsrhB8″ playerid=”x9J2bwvH”] This week at the Congressional Black Caucus‘ 48th Annual Legislative Conference, media maven April Reign stepped into
Meek Mill thegrio.com
September 14, 2018
It was standing room only when Meek Mill headlined a  panel on criminal justice reform at the 2018 Congressional Black…
September 13, 2018
It's a primary day in New York, but Jumaane Williams is preaching the promise of a new way of getting…
Lucy mcbath botham jean thegrio.com
September 13, 2018
Lucy McBath, the mother of slain teenager, Jordan Davis, has words of comfort and motivation for the family of slain…
September 12, 2018
Sen. Nina Turner delivered a speech at the "Power of the Polls" event calling out voter disenfranchisement as a reinvented…
September 12, 2018
With a record number of Black candidates running for office this year, there has been a lot of excitement about…
Kamala Harris Cory Booker thegrio.com
September 11, 2018
Expect 90 different policy forums, meet and greets, and fabulous parties at the 2018 Congressional Black Caucus conference.
September 11, 2018
Rapper T.I. says actress and New York Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Cynthia Nixon, has earned his vote.
Ayanna Pressley thegrio.com
September 4, 2018
[griojw id=”9o6uomQA” playerid=”BqxyiSkR”]   Ayanna Pressley just pulled off another stunner. Tuesday night, Pressley, the first woman of color to win