Antonia Hylton
{{Short description|American journalist}}
{{infobox person
| name = Antonia Hylton
| image = Antonia Hylton - Eric Adams arraignment 2024-09-27 044 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Hylton reporting on the federal prosecution of Eric Adams in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|9|26}}
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Harvard University
| occupation = Journalist
| awards = News and Documentary Emmy Award (2019)
Forbes 30 Under 30 (2020)
Peabody Award (2022)
| website = {{URL|https://www.antoniahylton.com}}
}}
Antonia Hylton (born September 26, 1993){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-09-25|title=My 27th birthday is tomorrow.|url=https://twitter.com/ahylton26/status/1309612722561183746|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Twitter|language=en}} is an American journalist. She received an Emmy for her work on Vice News Tonight and is currently a correspondent for NBC News. Hylton is the co-reporter for the podcast Southlake, which received a 2022 Peabody Award.
Early life and education
Hylton was raised outside Boston, one of seven children.{{Cite web|last=Fluker|first=Dominique|date=2018-05-09|title=How This TV Reporter Turned Her Fearlessness Into A Gig With Vice News Tonight On HBO|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominiquefluker/2018/05/09/antoniahylton/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-01|website=Forbes|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Kahn|first=Mattie|date=30 April 2020|title=A Day in the Quarantine Life of NBC News's Antonia Hylton|url=https://news.yahoo.com/day-quarantine-life-nbc-news-165837162.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-01|website=news.yahoo.com|language=en-US}} Both of her parents are lawyers. Her aunt is journalist Soledad O'Brien.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-07|title="He Was A Generous And Kind Human Being": Soledad O'Brien Reflects On Her Father's Death|url=https://madamenoire.com/1059403/he-was-a-generous-and-kind-human-being-soledad-obrien-reflects-on-her-fathers-death/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=MadameNoire}} She was an avid reader growing up, and also performed in choir, musical theater, and was a member of dance groups. In 2015 she graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, where she majored in History and Science and Global Health.
Career
Directly after graduation, she was hired at Mic.com as a producer and writer for their news shows Flip the Script and Future Present. Hylton met activist Darnell Moore working at Mic. Together they developed the docuseries The Movement with Darnell Moore, about grassroots organizing around the United States. The next year, Hylton joined Vice News Tonight as a correspondent and producer covering civil rights and politics. She reported on topics including gang violence and immigration.{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=2018-03-07|title=HBO Sets 'Vice' Season 6 Premiere Date; Actor Michael Kenneth Williams To Investigate Juvenile Justice System|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/hbo-vice-season-6-premiere-michael-kenneth-williams-1202315342/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-01|website=Deadline|language=en}}
Hylton was a correspondent for the news show The Report on Quibi until the platform shut down.{{Cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=2020-03-13|title=NBC News Readies Four Short-Form Shows for Quibi|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/nbc-news-quibi-streaming-video-madeleine-haeringer-1203533311/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-01|website=Variety|language=en}} She is currently a reporter for NBC News.{{Cite web|title=Cases and anger at healthcare workers rise in small KS town|url=https://www.msnbc.com/stephanie-ruhle/watch/cases-and-anger-at-healthcare-workers-rise-in-small-ks-town-97128517859|access-date=2021-02-17|website=MSNBC.com|language=en}} In 2021 she became the co-reporter for NBC's Southlake, a podcast about how a group of white students' use of a racial epithet began a cascade of controversy around critical race theory in the suburb of Southlake, Texas. The podcast received accolades including a Peabody Award, a Scripps Howard Award, and it was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting.{{Cite web |last=Dresden |first=Hilton |date=2022-06-08 |title=Peabody Awards: 'We Are Lady Parts,' 'In the Same Breath' Among Third Round of Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2022-peabody-awards-winners-third-round-1235161317/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Company |first=The E. W. Scripps |title=Scripps Howard Foundation announces winners of 69th Scripps Howard Awards |url=https://www.news-journal.com/scripps-howard-foundation-announces-winners-of-69th-scripps-howard-awards/article_c67e15d5-f449-517d-9222-fd14210004e5.html |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Longview News-Journal |language=en}}
Hylton has spoken on bias she has experienced as a Black woman reporter.{{Cite web|last=Hod|first=Itay|date=2018-11-02|title=Vice News Correspondent Antonia Hylton Says Sexism Is Rampant in 'Messed Up' News Industry|url=https://www.thewrap.com/vice-news-correspondent-antonia-hylton-says-sexism-rampant-messed-news-industry-power-women/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-01|website=TheWrap|language=en-US}} She has also discussed the importance of authenticity in her reporting work.
Hylton has served as a judge for the American Mosaic Journalism Prize every year since 2019.{{Cite web |last=Hylton |first=Antonia |date=19 May 2022 |title=Antonia Hylton LinkedIn |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonia-hylton-380bb887/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=LinkedIn}}{{Cite news |last=Brod |first=Maya |date=2025-02-11 |title=Two Journalists Awarded Nation’s Largest Media Prize for Coverage of Misrepresented Communities, Including Black Americans, Migrant Farmers and Transgender Latinx Groups |url=https://www.hsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025-American-Mosaic-Journalism-Prize_Official-Press-Release_2.11.25.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-16 |work=Heising-Simons Foundation}}
In 2024 Hylton published her debut book, Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum, about Crownsville Hospital.{{Cite web |last=Mosley |first=Tonya |date=2024-01-29 |title=What a Jim Crow-era asylum can teach us about mental health today |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/01/29/1227498861/antonia-hylton-madness-crownsville-hospital |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=NPR}}
Accolades
- 2019 – News and Documentary Emmy Award, Outstanding Feature Story in a Newscast (for Vice News Tonight: Zero Tolerance){{Cite web|title=Antonia Hylton|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/antonia-hylton/|access-date=2020-08-01|website=Forbes|language=en}}
- 2020 – Forbes, 30 under 30
- 2022 – Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting (for Southlake){{cite web |title=2022 Pulitzer Prizes |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2022 |website=Pulitzer |access-date=11 May 2022}}
- 2022 – 69th Scripps Howard Award for Excellence in Radio/Podcast Coverage (for Southlake)
- 2022 – Peabody Award for Podcast/Radio (for Southlake)
References
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External links
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- [https://www.antoniahylton.com/ Official website]
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Category:21st-century American women journalists
Category:21st-century American journalists
Category:People of Afro–Cuban descent
Category:American women television journalists
Category:African-American women journalists
Category:African-American journalists
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:21st-century African-American women