Joy Reid#AM Joy

Reid was born Joy-Ann Lomena in Brooklyn, New York City.{{cite news|last1=Grove|first1=Lloyd|title=Joy Reid, MSNBC Anchor, on the Racism of the Tea Party, Family Dramas, and Why She Loves Boxing|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/27/joy-reid-msnbc-anchor-on-the-racism-of-the-tea-party-family-dramas-and-why-she-loves-boxing.html|website=The Daily Beast|date=March 27, 2014|access-date=September 9, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924235259/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/27/joy-reid-msnbc-anchor-on-the-racism-of-the-tea-party-family-dramas-and-why-she-loves-boxing.html|url-status=live}} Her father was from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and her mother a college professor and nutritionist from Guyana. Her parents met in graduate school at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Reid was raised Methodist and has one sister and one brother. Her father was an engineer who was mostly absent from the family; her parents eventually divorced and her father returned to the Congo. She was raised mostly in Denver, Colorado, until the age of 17, when her mother died of breast cancer and she moved to Flatbush, Brooklyn, to live with an aunt. Reid graduated from Harvard University in 1991 with a concentration in film studies.{{cite web|url=https://dacaseminar.fas.harvard.edu/people/joy-reid|title=DACA Seminar|website=harvard.edu|publisher=Harvard University|access-date=April 26, 2018|archive-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504150404/https://dacaseminar.fas.harvard.edu/people/joy-reid|url-status=live}}Dept. of Art, Film, and Visual Studies, Harvard. [https://afvs.fas.harvard.edu/about]

In a 2013 interview, Reid recalled that her college experience was a quick immersion into a demographically opposite place from where she lived, from a community that was eighty percent African American to a community that was six percent African American. She had to learn to live with roommates and people who were not her family. She paid her own bills and tuition while at Harvard and said it was a good learning and growing experience overall.{{cite news |last=Witt |first=Alex |url=https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-alex-witt/watch/joy-ann-reid-reflects-on-college-years-at-harvard-31366211733 |title=Joy-Ann Reid Reflects on College Years at Harvard |work=MSNBC |date=May 25, 2013 |access-date=May 31, 2018 |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707143759/https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-alex-witt/watch/joy-ann-reid-reflects-on-college-years-at-harvard-31366211733 |url-status=live }}

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Reid began her journalism career in 1997, leaving New York and her job at a business consulting firm to begin working in South Florida for a WSVN Channel 7 morning show.{{cite news|last1=Balzano|first1=Cata|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article78121732.html|title=Journalist Joy Reid Honored by Miami Coalition of Christians and Jews|date=May 17, 2016|work=Miami Herald|access-date=January 7, 2017|archive-date=January 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108002603/http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article78121732.html|url-status=live}} She left journalism in 2003 to work with the group America Coming Together to oppose the Iraq War and President George W. Bush. She later returned to broadcasting as a talk radio host and worked on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

From 2006 to 2007, Reid was the co-host of Wake Up South Florida, a morning radio talk show broadcast from Radio One's then-Miami affiliate WTPS, alongside "James T" Thomas. She served as managing editor of The Grio{{Cite news |last=Stinson |first=Tevin |date=October 2, 2015 |title=Journalist Joy-Ann Reid Delivers First Wells Lecture |url=http://www.wschronicle.com/2015/10/journalist-joy-ann-reid-delivers-first-wells-lecture/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927062633/https://wschronicle.com/2015/10/journalist-joy-ann-reid-delivers-first-wells-lecture/ |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |work=Winston-Salem Chronicle}} (2011–2014), a political columnist for Miami Herald (2003–2015), and the editor of The Reid Report political blog (2000–2014).{{cite news|last1=Nourse|first1=Gionna|title=MSNBC's Joy Reid to Speak at Church Street Center Tonight|url=http://www.theonlinebeacon.com/msnbcs-joy-reid-speak-church-street-center-tonight/|access-date=February 10, 2018|work=The Beacon|publisher=Official student newspaper of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts|date=October 14, 2015|archive-date=February 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212130010/https://www.theonlinebeacon.com/msnbcs-joy-reid-speak-church-street-center-tonight/|url-status=dead}}

From February 2014 to February 2015, Reid hosted her own MSNBC afternoon cable news show, The Reid Report.{{cite web|url=http://thegrio.com/2014/01/27/joy-ann-reid-to-host-new-show-on-msnbc/|title=Joy-Ann Reid to Host New Show on MSNBC|date=January 27, 2014|publisher=The Grio|author=Alexis Garrett Stodghill|access-date=February 24, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304032118/http://thegrio.com/2014/01/27/joy-ann-reid-to-host-new-show-on-msnbc/|url-status=live}} The show was canceled{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/19/msnbc-cancel-reid-report-ronan-farrow-daily_n_6716310.html|title=MSNBC Cancels 'The Reid Report,' 'Ronan Farrow Daily'|last=Connor|first=Jackson|date=February 19, 2015|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=August 4, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=September 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910095926/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/19/msnbc-cancel-reid-report-ronan-farrow-daily_n_6716310.html|url-status=live}} on February 19, 2015, and Reid was shifted to a new role as an MSNBC national correspondent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/ronan-farrow-canceled-thomas-robertsside/255992|title=MSNBC Shifts Ronan Farrow, Joy-Ann Reid; Thomas Roberts Returns to Dayside|website=Adweek|language=en-US|date=February 19, 2015|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804181934/http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/ronan-farrow-canceled-thomas-robertsside/255992|url-status=live}} Beginning in May 2016, Reid hosted {{visible anchor|AM Joy}}, a political weekend-morning talk show on MSNBC, and was a frequent substitute for other MSNBC hosts, including Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow. As of 2018, Reid's morning show on Saturdays averaged nearly one million weekly viewers.{{cite news|last1=Holson|first1=Laura|title=How Joy Reid of MSNBC Became a Heroine of the Resistance|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/style/joy-reid-msnbc.html|access-date=February 10, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=February 10, 2018|archive-date=February 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210131543/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/style/joy-reid-msnbc.html|url-status=live}}

In 2017, Reid ranked fourth among Twitter's top tweeted news outlets and most tweeted journalist at each outlet.{{cite web|last1=Warren|first1=James|title=Twitter Reveals the Kings and Queens of Newsroom Tweets|url=https://www.poynter.org/news/twitter-reveals-kings-and-queens-newsroom-tweets|website=Poynter Institute|date=December 5, 2017|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205155938/https://www.poynter.org/news/twitter-reveals-kings-and-queens-newsroom-tweets|url-status=live}} The Daily Dot credited her in August of that year with coining the term KHive for supporters of Kamala Harris.{{Cite web|date=August 12, 2020|title=What Is the K-Hive, Kamala Harris' Online Twitter Support?|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/k-hive-kamala-harris-twitter-2020/|access-date=2020-08-16|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US|archive-date=October 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005113927/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/k-hive-kamala-harris-twitter-2020/|url-status=live}}

In July 2020, MSNBC announced that Reid would host The ReidOut, a new Washington-based weeknight commentary show in the 7 p.m. Eastern time slot vacated by the March 2020 retirement of Hardball host Chris Matthews, making her cable's first Black female primetime anchor.{{Cite news|last=Flint|first=Joe|date=2020-06-24|title=MSNBC Expected to Tap Joy Reid to Anchor Daily News and Opinion Program|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/msnbc-expected-to-tap-joy-reid-to-anchor-daily-news-and-opinion-program-11593041370|access-date=2021-01-28|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=June 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627114330/https://www.wsj.com/articles/msnbc-expected-to-tap-joy-reid-to-anchor-daily-news-and-opinion-program-11593041370|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Daniels|first=Karu F.|title=MSNBC anchor Joy Ann Reid reportedly set to take over Chris Matthews' former 'Hardball' time slot|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-msnbc-joy-reid-take-over-hardball-slot-20200625-mto3aobypvdxbkccuk7bsrtnii-story.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=nydailynews.com|date=June 25, 2020 }}{{Cite news |last=Barr |first=Jeremy |date=July 9, 2020 |title=Joy Reid named new MSNBC host for 7 p.m. hour |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/07/09/joy-reid-named-new-msnbc-host-7-pm-hour/ |access-date=December 15, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229052556/https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/07/09/joy-reid-named-new-msnbc-host-7-pm-hour/ |url-status=live }} On February 23, 2025, The New York Times reported that MSNBC had canceled The ReidOut, with plans to air its final episode during the week of February 24-28.{{cite news |last1=Mullin |first1=Benjamin |title=Joy Reid’s MSNBC Show Canceled in Major Shake-Up |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/business/msnbc-joy-reid.html |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=February 23, 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Weprin |first1=Alex |title=Major Shakeup Coming to MSNBC Lineup as Channel Preps Programming Reset |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/msnbc-shakeup-joy-reid-canceled-jen-psaki-primetime-1236144587/ |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=February 23, 2025}} The final broadcast of The ReidOut would air on February 24, 2025.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/joy-reid-final-msnbc-resistance-fascism-1236146062/|title=oy Reid Opens Final MSNBC Show With Message of Resistance: “Fascism Isn’t Just Coming, It’s Already Here”|first=Zoe G.|last=Phillips|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 24, 2025|accessdate=February 25, 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://thegrio.com/2025/02/24/joy-reids-final-sign-off-on-msnbcs-the-reidout-you-dont-always-win-every-battle-but-the-whole-thing-is-about-resisting/|title=Joy Reid’s final sign off on MSNBC’s ‘The ReidOut’: ‘You don’t always win every battle, but the whole thing is about resisting’|first=Haniyah|last=Philogene|publisher=The Grio|date=February 24, 2025|accessdate=February 25, 2025}}

Reid also teaches a Syracuse University class in Manhattan exploring race, gender, and the media.

In 2015, Reid gave the inaugural Ida B. Wells lecture at Wake Forest University's Anna Julia Cooper Center. In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter said she had the "ability to break down complex issues in a way that makes them digestible and accessible."{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/msnbcs-joy-reid-being-a-lifelong-democrat-donald-trumps-scar-gop-944124|title=MSNBC's Joy Reid on Election Day Predictions, Donald Trump's Scar on the GOP|last=Hill|first=Jarrett|date=November 4, 2016|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|access-date=March 4, 2020|archive-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925121351/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/msnbcs-joy-reid-being-a-lifelong-democrat-donald-trumps-scar-gop-944124|url-status=live}} In 2018, The New York Times stated that "Ms. Reid, the daughter of immigrants, has emerged as a 'heroine' of the anti-Trump 'resistance'."

Reid was a 2003 Knight Center for Specialized Journalism fellow.{{cite news |title=Caribbean Institute Inducts Guyanese/American Television Host into 'Wall of Fame' |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Caribbean_institute_inducts_Guyanese_American_television_host_into_Wall_of_Fame?profile=15 |work=Jamaican Observer |date=June 10, 2018}} In 2018, Reid was nominated for three NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards. One for her segment where a pastor is pulled to safety at the Charlottesville white nationalist march, for Reid's reporting on the damage caused by the hurricanes to the US Virgin Islands and lastly for the segment that won her an award Tragedy of 'Time: The Kalief Browder Story' where Reid sat down with Kalief's brother Deion Browder and filmmaker Julia Mason.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} In 2016, she received the Women's Media Center's Carol Jenkins Visible and Powerful Media Award.{{Cite news|url=http://www.womensmediacenter.com/press/entry/womens-media-center-announces-sally-field-as-the-2016-host-at-the-womens-me|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009220923/http://www.womensmediacenter.com/press/entry/womens-media-center-announces-sally-field-as-the-2016-host-at-the-womens-me|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 9, 2016|title=Women's Media Center Announces Sally Field as the 2016 Host at the Women's Media Awards|access-date=August 4, 2017|language=en}}

In late 2017,{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/msnbcs-joy-reid-apologizes-decade-old-homophobic-blog-posts-about-charlie-729916|title=MSNBC's Joy Reid Apologizes for Decade-old Homophobic Blog Posts About Charlie Crist|last=Ahmed|first=Tufayel|date=December 4, 2017|work=Newsweek|access-date=April 30, 2018}} and again in April 2018, Twitter user @Jamie_maz reproduced posts written between 2007 and 2009 on Reid's former blog Reid Report which, as The Nation described it, "us[ed] the trope of gay sex to mock politicians and journalists."{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/the-very-specific-2006-ishness-of-those-alleged-joy-reid-posts/ |title=The Very Specific 2006-ishness of Those Alleged Joy Reid Posts |last=Kim |first=Richard |date=April 27, 2018 |work=The Nation |access-date=May 2, 2018 |quote=I don't know if Reid wrote the posts in question, but it wouldn't surprise me if she, or any liberal blogger at the time, had. |archive-date=May 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501004927/https://www.thenation.com/article/the-very-specific-2006-ishness-of-those-alleged-joy-reid-posts/ |url-status=dead }} Following criticism, Reid apologized, calling the posts "insensitive, tone-deaf and dumb."{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/joy-reid-apologizes-homophobic-blog-posts-1202629278/ |title=Joy Reid Apologizes for Old Homophobic Blog Posts: They Were 'Insensitive, Tone Deaf and Dumb' |first=Erin |last=Nyren |date=December 3, 2017 |work=Variety |quote=According to Mediaite, the statements, which were posted between 2007 and 2009—The Reid Report has been shut down for several years—speculate on the sexuality of then-Florida governor Charlie Crist, who Reid refers to as 'Miss Charlie' several times throughout. The posts mock him for supposedly being a closeted gay man, including the conspiracy theory that Crist married his then-wife Carole Rome in order to further his chances of becoming John McCain's running mate. Crist, at the time a conservative politician, was well-known for holding policy views against same-sex marriage, though he has since switched stances and political parties. |access-date=December 13, 2017 |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208131759/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/joy-reid-apologizes-homophobic-blog-posts-1202629278/ |url-status=live }} A second batch of posts gained attention, which described kissing between men as disgusting to straight people, accused gay men of being "attracted to very young, post-pubescent types", and declared opposition to same-sex marriage. In one post, Reid wrote about her views: "Does that make me homophobic? Probably."{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/27/17286392/joy-reid-msnbc-lgbtq-gay-hack |title=The Joy Reid Controversy, from Homophobic Blog Posts to a Hacking Claim, Explained |date=April 28, 2018 |website=Vox |access-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121135527/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/27/17286392/joy-reid-msnbc-lgbtq-gay-hack |url-status=live }} Reid claimed she did not remember making those posts, and asked lawyers to investigate if her blog or its archives might have been hacked, though the Wayback Machine, where the posts had been found, said it detected no evidence of hacking in the archived versions of her site.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40563570/the-internet-archive-rejects-msnbc-host-joy-reids-claim-that-her-old-blog-was-hacked |title=The Internet Archive Rejects MSNBC Host Joy Reid's Claim That Her Old Blog Was Hacked |last=Guthrie Weissman |first=Cale |work=Fast Company |quote=The Internet Archive says Reid's lawyers contacted the organization back in December, claiming that 'fraudulent' text had been 'inserted into legitimate content,' and asking the organization to take those posts offline. |date=April 24, 2018 |access-date=June 8, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140853/https://www.fastcompany.com/40563570/the-internet-archive-rejects-msnbc-host-joy-reids-claim-that-her-old-blog-was-hacked |url-status=live }} The second batch of posts prompted LGBT advocacy group PFLAG to rescind its plan to give Reid an award,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lgbt-advocacy-group-rescinds-award-to-joy-reid/|title=LGBT Advocacy Group Rescinds Award to Joy Reid|publisher=CBS News|quote=When we extended our invitation to Ms. Reid to honor her at our 45th-anniversary celebration, we did so knowing about the blog posts from the late 2000s regarding Charlie Crist. We appreciated how she stepped up, took ownership, apologized for them, and did better—this is the behavior and approach we ask of any ally. However, in light of new information, and the ongoing investigation of that information, we must at this time rescind our award to Ms. Reid.|date=April 27, 2018|access-date=May 2, 2018|archive-date=May 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501164328/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lgbt-advocacy-group-rescinds-award-to-joy-reid/|url-status=live}} and The Daily Beast to suspend future columns from her.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/daily-beast-suspends-joy-reid-column-were-going-to-hit-pause/ |title=Daily Beast Suspends Joy Reid Column over 'Serious' Accusations About Past Homophobic Blog Posts |last=Levine |first=Jon |date=April 26, 2018 |website=TheWrap |access-date=May 2, 2018 |archive-date=May 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501190612/https://www.thewrap.com/daily-beast-suspends-joy-reid-column-were-going-to-hit-pause/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Poulsen |first1=Kevin |title=Claims by Joy Reid's Cybersecurity Expert Fall Apart |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/claims-by-joy-reids-cybersecurity-expert-fall-apart |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=June 13, 2021 |language=en |date=April 26, 2018}} An analysis published by The Daily Beast thoroughly disputed her claims of being a victim of hacking. Reid opened the April 28, 2018, edition of AM Joy with an apology.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/28/joy-reid-apology-no-evidence-hacking-msnbc/561244002/ |title=Joy Reid: 'I Genuinely Do Not Believe I Wrote Those Hateful Things' |last=Hayes |first=Christal |date=April 28, 2018 |website=USA Today |access-date=April 28, 2018 |archive-date=April 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429000329/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/28/joy-reid-apology-no-evidence-hacking-msnbc/561244002/ |url-status=live }} Responses to her apology tended to be divided along party lines.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/04/28/joy-reid-apologizes-for-anti-lgbt-posts-says-she-cant-prove-her-blog-was-hacked/ |title=Joy Reid Apologizes for Anti-LGBT Posts, Says She Can't Prove Her Blog Was Hacked |last=Wang |first=Amy B |newspaper=The Washington Post |quote=Reid's apology received mixed reactions, split largely along party lines. The MSNBC host was widely panned by those on the right, who found her hacking claims flimsy and her apology halfhearted. ... Others, including Reid's colleagues at NBC, as well as members of the LGBT community who appeared on her show after her open, praised Reid for taking responsibility for her actions and for vowing to do better. |date=April 28, 2018 |access-date=May 2, 2018 |archive-date=May 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501232029/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/04/28/joy-reid-apologizes-for-anti-lgbt-posts-says-she-cant-prove-her-blog-was-hacked/ |url-status=live }}

In April 2018, further blog posts from 2005 through 2007 were brought to public attention. According to The Washington Post, Reid's controversial remarks included encouraging her readers to watch the "truther" conspiracy-theory film Loose Change and saying of Israel "God is not a real estate broker. He can't just give you land 1,000 years ago that you can come back and claim today."{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/msnbc-stands-by-joy-reid-after-new-apology-for-controversial-blog-posts/2018/06/01/5c327458-65c3-11e8-a69c-b944de66d9e7_story.html |title=MSNBC Stands by Joy Reid After New Apology for Controversial Blog Posts |last=Farhi |first=Paul |newspaper=The Washington Post |quote=After two days of internal deliberations, the network's executives chose to side with Reid. 'Some of the things written by Joy on her old blog are obviously hateful and hurtful,' MSNBC said in a statement. 'They are not reflective of the colleague and friend we have known at MSNBC for the past seven years. Joy has apologized publicly and privately and said she has grown and evolved in the many years since, and we know this to be true.' |date=June 1, 2018 |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610025006/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/msnbc-stands-by-joy-reid-after-new-apology-for-controversial-blog-posts/2018/06/01/5c327458-65c3-11e8-a69c-b944de66d9e7_story.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Joy |date=2005-12-08 |archive-date=2013-01-22 |url-status=dead |title=Iran's pres strikes again, Says "move Israel to Europe" |url=http://blog.reidreport.com/2005/12/irans-pres-strikes-again.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122025445/http://blog.reidreport.com/2005/12/irans-pres-strikes-again.html |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Reidblog [The Reid Report blog]}} Reid claimed Jewish people spend half a million dollars on their bar and bat mitzvah celebrations.{{cite news |title=MSNBC Host Joy Reid Criticized Jews, Ariel Sharon in Old Blog Posts |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/msnbc-host-joy-reid-criticized-jews-ariel-sharon-in-old-blog-posts/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=June 9, 2018 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919002653/https://www.timesofisrael.com/msnbc-host-joy-reid-criticized-jews-ariel-sharon-in-old-blog-posts/ |url-status=live }} She also described CNN's Wolf Blitzer, who is Jewish, as a "former flak for the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee {{sic}}" who "doesn't even try to hide his affinity for his Israeli guests, or his partisanship for their cause".{{cite news |title=Joy Reid Blog Post Attacked Wolf Blitzer for Being Too Soft on Jews |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/joy-reid-blog-post-attacked-wolf-blitzer-for-being-too-soft-on-jews/ |work=National Review |date=June 1, 2018 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813181539/https://www.nationalreview.com/news/joy-reid-blog-post-attacked-wolf-blitzer-for-being-too-soft-on-jews/ |url-status=live }} The Zionist Organization of America called for MSNBC to fire Reid for promoting "sinister anti-Semitic canards".{{cite news |title=ZOA: MSNBC Should Fire Joy Reid for Perpetuating 'Sinister Anti-Semitic Canards' |url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/234990/zoa-msnbc-fire-joy-reid-perpetuating-sinister-anti-semitic-canards/ |work=Jewish Journal |date=June 11, 2018 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=February 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218104100/https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/234990/zoa-msnbc-fire-joy-reid-perpetuating-sinister-anti-semitic-canards/ |url-status=live }} Another controversial post, from 2007, contained a photoshopped image of Senator John McCain's face superimposed on the body of Seung-Hui Cho, who perpetrated the Virginia Tech shooting.{{Cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/390158-joy-reids-old-blog-showed-photoshopped-mccain-as-virginia-tech-shooter/ |title=Joy Reid's Old Blog Showed Photoshopped McCain as Virginia Tech Shooter |last=Concha |first=Joe |work=The Hill |quote=The post includes a caption with an actual quote from McCain declaring that he would follow al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was still in hiding at the time, "to the gates of hell to capture him." |date=May 31, 2018 |access-date=June 10, 2018}}

In June 2018, Reid formally apologized for her past writings, saying, "I'm a better person today than I was over a decade ago. There are things I deeply regret and am embarrassed by, things I would have said differently, and issues where my position has changed. Today I'm sincerely apologizing again."{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/business/media/joy-reid-msnbc-apology.html|title=Joy Reid, MSNBC Host, Apologizes Again as More Incendiary Blog Posts Surface|last=Victor|first=Daniel|date=June 1, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 31, 2018|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411045747/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/business/media/joy-reid-msnbc-apology.html|url-status=live}} MSNBC expressed its continued support, saying in a statement that some of the blog posts were "obviously hateful and hurtful," but that they were "not reflective of the colleague and friend we have known at MSNBC for the past seven years" and that "Joy has apologized publicly and privately and said she has grown and evolved in the many years since, and we know this to be true."

On the September 1, 2020 episode of The ReidOut, Reid criticized President Donald Trump's unwillingness to condemn Kyle Rittenhouse. She held that this amounted to what US media would usually describe as "radicalizing people" in the case of "leaders, let's say in the Muslim world, talk a lot of violent talk and encourage their supporters to be willing to commit violence including on their own bodies in order to win against whoever they decide is the enemy".{{Cite web|date=2020-09-02|title=Calls for Apology Grow over Joy Reid's 'Islamophobic' Remarks|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/calls-apology-grow-joy-reid-islamophobic-remarks-200902184710584.html|access-date=2020-09-13|website=Al Jazeera|archive-date=September 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909010737/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/calls-apology-grow-joy-reid-islamophobic-remarks-200902184710584.html|url-status=live}} The Southern Poverty Law Center and Muslim Advocates, both civil rights organizations, and representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib criticized Reid's remarks as Islamophobic and called for an apology. Conversely, commentator Jennifer Rubin defended Reid, arguing she had merely highlighted a double standard in the media without endorsing it.

In 1997, Reid married Jason Reid, who later became a documentary film editor. The couple have three children.

• {{cite book |last=Reid |first=Joy-Ann |title=Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America |date=2024-02-06 |publisher=Mariner Books |isbn=978-0-06-306879-7}}{{Cite web |title=Joy Reid details life and love of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers in new book |url=https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/joy-reid-details-life-and-love-of-slain-civil-right-leader-medgar-evers-in-new-book-203679301629 |access-date=2024-03-03 |publisher=MSNBC |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Obeidallah |first=Dean |date=2024-02-13 |title='There are two Americas': Joy-Ann Reid on the legacy of civil rights icons Medgar and Myrlie Evers |url=https://www.salon.com/2024/02/13/there-are-two-americas-joy-ann-reid-on-the-legacy-of-civil-rights-icons-medgar-and-myrlie-evers/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Salon |language=en |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303182243/https://www.salon.com/2024/02/13/there-are-two-americas-joy-ann-reid-on-the-legacy-of-civil-rights-icons-medgar-and-myrlie-evers/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Wilson |date=2024-02-22 |title=Joy-Ann Reid's 352-Page Love Letter to Medgar and Myrlie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/books/review/joy-ann-reid-medgar-and-myrlie.html |access-date=2024-03-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-25 |title=WTOP Book Report: MSNBC's Joy Reid tells WTOP the love story of Civil Rights leaders 'Medgar & Myrlie' |url=https://wtop.com/book-reviews/2024/02/wtop-book-report-msnbcs-joy-reid-tells-wtop-the-love-and-civil-rights-story-of-medgar-myrlie/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |publisher=WTOP News |language=en |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303182412/https://wtop.com/book-reviews/2024/02/wtop-book-report-msnbcs-joy-reid-tells-wtop-the-love-and-civil-rights-story-of-medgar-myrlie/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-06 |title=Joy Reid's 'Medgar and Myrlie' traces extraordinary lives and love of civil rights leaders |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/joy-reids-medgar-and-myrlie-traces-extraordinary-lives-and-love-of-civil-rights-leaders |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-us |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303182454/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/joy-reids-medgar-and-myrlie-traces-extraordinary-lives-and-love-of-civil-rights-leaders |url-status=live }}
• Reid, Joy-Ann (June 25, 2019). The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story. Mariner Books. {{ISBN|978-0062880109}}.

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