All You Need to Know About Don Lemon
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Before graduating, Lemon worked for several Fox News stations. After graduating from college, Donald began working as an NBC journalist in Philadelphia and Chicago. Initially, he worked for affiliate stations in Birmingham, Alabama, and Pennsylvania. Over the next five years, he progressed from correspondent to weekend news anchor. Throughout this time, he also worked as an investigative reporter for a St. Louis-based affiliate.
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Lemon eventually began working for NBC News “main” New York City bureau. He has appeared on “Today” and “NBC Nightly News,” and he also anchors “Weekend Today” for MSNBC. Donald received an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2002 for his reporting on a sniper in the Washington, DC region.
He also received the award in consideration of his Hurricane Katrina reportage.
In 2003, he moved again, this time to Chicago. His work as a reporter and local news co-anchor at NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV garnered a lot of attention, and he won three Emmys for it. His Emmys came after he worked on a notable business segment called “Life on Craigslist” and a report on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa.
After receiving considerable appreciation for his work, Don Lemon agreed to join CNN in 2006. Since joining the network, Donald has become well-known for his strong opinions, seemingly abandoning the conventional preference for neutral journalism shared by most reporters. Many of his comments have been deemed controversial by audiences, and he has made a number of “gaffes” during his tenure with the network. Don claims to have received multiple death threats while working with CNN.
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
