About Antonia
American journalist and author born September 26, 1993. Currently co-anchor for MS NOW's The Weekend: Primetime (debuted May 2025). Previously a correspondent for NBC News and Vice News Tonight (2016-2020). Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 2015 with a degree in history and science and global health. Authored "Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum" (2024), a New York Times bestseller about Crownsville Hospital. Co-hosts podcasts Southlake and Grapevine. Won Peabody Award (2022) and two Emmy Awards (2019, 2022). Named Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2020.
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AuthorJournalist / CommentatorTV presentersAfrican American HistoryCivil RightsCritical Race TheoryGang ViolenceImmigrationJournalism EthicsMass Incarceration
Known for
- Correspondent and producer for Vice News Tonight covering civil rights and politics
- NBC News reporting on race, civil rights and social issues
- Podcast journalism, including co-hosting Southlake about critical race theory controversy
- Authored Madness about a Jim Crow-era psychiatric hospital
- Reporting on topics including gang violence, immigration, and racial justice
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