Black Girl Magic Interview: Zinhle Essamauh

Truth's Table

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Episode Description: We are coming to the close of Truth’s Table season seven! We can hardly believe how quickly time has flown this year, but we can’t leave y’all without one last #BlackGirlMagic guest for this season. In this episode, Christina sits down at the table with Emmy-nominated journalist Zinhle Essamuah. Zinhle talks about how her convictions and culture shape her work as a journalist in front of and behind the cameras.

Learn more about Zinhle Essamuah: Zinhle Essamuah is the Emmy-nominated co-anchor of NBC News Daily and network correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, best known for her reporting spanning justice, culture, and poverty.

Recently, Zinhle’s reports earned NBC an ONA Award and placed third for the Collier Prize. They’ve also spurred viewers to action: her investigation into the Acadiana Center for Youth in Louisiana moved the governor to sign a bill limiting solitary confinement in juvenile facilities, and her reporting on fake landlord scams in Detroit resulted in one viewer paying off a tenant’s home.

In 2022, Zinhle led NBC‘s broadcast coverage of the Jackson water crisis in Mississippi, securing exclusive interviews at key inflection points with senators, the mayor, the EPA, NAACP, and more.

Her reporting ultimately developed into the NBC documentary, Boiling Point. The same year, as Russia invaded Ukraine, Zinhle championed NBC’s first-to-air coverage of African and Indian nationals facing harassment and discrimination at the border. Previously, Zinhle was a correspondent at NowThis News, the number one most-watched video news creator on social media, where she anchored KnowThis, a daily evening news show. Zinhle is a multi-platform storyteller who reports on culture, climate, and justice around the nation.

Follow Zinhle on Instagram at @simplyzinhle and Facebook & Twitter: @zinhleessamuah

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0:00.0	This episode of Truths Tables brought to you by PenguinRandomHouse.com.
0:05.2	Sisters, how y'all feel? Brothers, y'all all right?
0:08.8	If this is your first time at Truths Table, welcome to the table.
0:12.4	And you've been sitting at the table with us all these years.
0:15.1	We are so grateful that you have been listening to us through these years and we are inviting you
0:19.8	to partner with us and support our work at patreon.com slash truthstable.
0:25.1	Now pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us.
0:28.7	Hello everyone and welcome to Truths Table of the Tables built by and for Black women.
0:34.4	So usually a kimmy says that line and then she says to me, welcome to the table seat.
0:40.0	Hey, she can't say that to me today because she is on next level auntie duty.
0:47.2	And then you know how I feel about that wonderful role in the Black community via
0:51.6	steamed and honored auntie of the community. But I am not by myself.
0:55.7	We don't do monologues. We probably could, but we don't do that here.
1:01.5	We are joined by some wonderful company today.
1:05.8	And so everyone, I am so excited to have joining us at the table today.
1:10.2	Zinclay, S&Wa, and y'all, y'all better get ready for this treat.
1:14.7	Oh, hey, no, that's the delight to be a part of the table literally this time around.
1:21.2	I've been, I say this time around because I'm such a fan.
1:24.1	So thank you for having me and you are not alone in this.
1:27.6	Yes, thank you so much. And again, it is, it's an honor to have you and you know, we've been,
1:32.6	we've been watching your work from afar and cheering you on and all the things.
1:36.6	So it is exciting to have you here as this epitome of Black girl magic at our table.
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