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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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August 28, 2018
[griojw id=”VDNwxobK” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Andrew Gillum did it, and he did it his way. The Mayor of Tallahassee is projected
August 28, 2018
[griojw id=”0Vpv5NW4″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]If you’ve ever watched journalist, April Ryan, doing her thing in the White House, you can see just
August 27, 2018
Andrew Gillum is on the verge of making history. Gillum, 39, is the mayor of Tallahassee and he's vying to…
August 21, 2018
[griojw id=”vvfLzMz1″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] There was melanin magic all over the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards Pink Carpet last night at
Omarosa Manigault theGrio.com
August 16, 2018
[griojw id=”lSRM9MEh” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Could it be Omarosa 2020? Former White House aide, Omarosa Manigault Newman, who has gone toe-to-toe with
August 15, 2018
[griojw id=”5NMEFWCx” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]In part two of her first interview with an African-American media outlet since the release of her blistering
August 14, 2018
Omarosa Manigault Newman talks to theGrio about her blistering memoir Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House.
Lezley McSpadden thegrio.com
August 10, 2018
Lezley McSpadden announces she is running for city council in Ferguston, Missouri where her unarmed son was gunned down four…
August 10, 2018
[griojw id=”5pIx6gPf” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Spike Lee’s newest film, BlacKkKlansman, tells the story of the racial divide that seems to transcend time.
August 10, 2018
[griojw id=”5pIx6gPf” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Today BlacKkKlansman opens in theaters nationwide on the one-year anniversary of arguably America’s ugliest day of 2017: Charlottesville’s
Spike Lee thegrio.com
August 1, 2018
[griojw id=”QFBRZxhW” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Legendary film director Spike Lee says living in the era of President Donald Trump is a
Alice Marie Johnson thegrio.com
July 10, 2018
Even after freedom, black people, especially Black women, are still paying the cost of spending time behind bars and finding…
June 29, 2018
TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and videographers will investigate police
June 23, 2018
[griojw id=”9m05d57S” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] This week’s “Editor’s Note” focuses on the Trump Administration’s immigration policy of separating parents and children, and
June 22, 2018
One of the biggest myths out there is that black folks don’t need to worry about the sun. While people
June 18, 2018
[griojw id=”IvfOniiq” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] This past weekend Beyoncé and Jay-Z dropped a joint album and a music video. Let’s just say
June 15, 2018
Jean-Marie Chanoine promised he wasn’t going to let his daughter fail. The 46-year-old tech entrepreneur, says that after watching his eldest
June 13, 2018
[griojw id=”ZnBzl4cZ” playerid=”BqxyiSkR”] Queen Sugar Season 3 is getting real good! Check out our video recap and review of the
June 12, 2018
[griojw id=”Y76Py6bJ” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] It was the movie that changed the game and the culture when it dropped in 1972.  But
June 6, 2018
[griojw id=”k8kMBIr1″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Today President Donald Trump made headlines with his commutation of Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old grandmother who