Roland Martin

Over the course of a journalistic career that has seen him interview newsmakers ranging from multiple U.S. presidents to the top athletes and entertainers in Hollywood, Roland S. Martin is a journalist who has always maintained a clear sense of his calling in this world. Martin is a senior analyst for the Tom Joyner Morning Show, where his twice-a-week segment is heard on nearly 90 stations nationwide. He is also the creator/curator of AllThat.TV, a digital lifestyle and information website he launched in July 2017. He is also the creator, host and executive producer of “Roland Martin Unfiltered,” his daily podcast that launches July 31. In February 2017, Martin earned his third NAACP Image Award when he was named “Best Host,” in the first year the category was created, defeating the likes of Steve Harvey, Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross, Joy Ann Reid and W. Kamau Bell. He is the 2013 recipient of the National Association of Black Journalists' (NABJ) Journalist of the Year Award, and has received more than 40 professional media awards, as well as honors by numerous organizations for his contributions to the media. Martin spent six years as a CNN Contributor, and as a member of the network's "Best Political Team on Television" earned the esteemed Peabody Award (2009) for their 2008 Presidential Election coverage. Roland has been named four times to Ebony Magazine's 150 Most Influential African Americans list and was also named one of the Top 50 Political Pundits by the Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom. Martin is the author of three books: Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith; Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America; and The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House as originally reported by Roland S. Martin. A 1991 graduate of Texas A&M University, Martin has been honored with honorary degrees by Florida Memorial University; Lemoyne-Owen College; South Carolina State University; University of Maryland-University College; and Lane College.

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