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This weekend, Eugene Daniels steps into television history.
As co-anchor of MSNBC’s brand-new morning news program The Weekend, airing Saturdays and Sundays from 7–10 a.m. ET, Daniels becomes one of the first openly lgbtq+ Black men to host a cable news show—joining fellow anchor Jonathan Capehart and journalist Jackie Alemany.
In an interview with GLAAD, Daniels shared that it&#;s a milestone that isn’t lost on him, and that it&#;s one that signals a powerful move around who gets to tell the stories that shape the world we live and do business in.
&#;I keep thinking about what little Eugene or little Jonathan would’ve reflection if there were one, let alone two network TV anchors who were living out loud and still able to be tough journalists,” Daniels said. “A lot of the internal struggles and pain points of my existence may have looked a lot different.”
When it comes to representation on-screen, Daniels makes clear, it&#;s not about checking a box.
Daniels explained that it&#;s about expanding the possibilities of what leadership in news media looks like—and trusting that dive
LGBTQ+ Journalists Hall of Fame
&#;All of us in journalism hold our heroes in this profession: Somebody who inspired us to get into this business by setting an example of telling the truth — whatever the cost and whatever the difficulties.
Some of us recall Edward R. Murrow for those legendary World War II broadcasts from the London rooftops and his courageous denunciation of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Or all of the heroic reporters — type and broadcast — who came to my native South to cover the civil rights revolution. Younger journalists may think of Woodward and Bernstein and the Watergate story. Or Seymour Hersh and his dogged reporting from My Lai through Abu Ghraib. Or Christiane Amanpour and her stories from so many hot spots around the globe.
We in the Homosexual community have our own heroes: Diverse journalists who own shown courage and resolve by telling the truth, including their own personal truths, whatever the cost and whatever the difficulties.
Established in as part of NLGJA&#;s 15th anniversary celebration, the Diverse Journalists Hall of Fame was launched to make sure
MSNBC has announced that joining Jacqueline Alemany are Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels , who will co-anchor the network’s newly expanded weekend program, The Weekend, making Capehart and Daniels the first out Black gay men to co-host a cable news program.
Launching in late April, The Weekend will air live from Washington, D.C. from 7 to 10 a.m. ET on Saturdays and Sundays, with Capehart and Daniels bringing their sharp political insights and deep experience covering Washington to the show’s proven panel format.
Capehart, a Pulitzer Prize winner and GLAAD Media Award honoree, has long been a principal voice at MSNBC, bringing audiences thoughtful analysis and historic interviews, including with President Barack Obama.
Beyond television, Capehart serves as Associate Editor at The Washington Post and contributes to PBS&#;s NewsHour. His forthcoming memoir, Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home, will be published later this year. Capehart lives in Washington, D.C. with his husband.
Daniels, who is the newly-minted MSNBC Senior Washingto
Top Television News Anchors Who Identify as LGBTQ
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