Tiffany Cross

Tiffany D. Cross (born February 6, 1979)[1] is an American journalist, television personality, political analyst, and author. She is the host of The Cross Connection, a Saturday morning MSNBC show.[2]

For the medal, see Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor.
Tiffany Cross
Born (1979-02-06) February 6, 1979
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
Television host
Political analyst
Author
Notable work
Say It Louder: Black Voters, Our Voices, and the Shaping of American Democracy

Early life and education

Cross was born in Ohio. She grew up between Cleveland, Ohio and Atlanta, Georgia.[3] When she was a teenager, she wanted to be the "brown Murphy Brown".[4][5]

She attended Clark Atlanta University where she majored in Mass Communications with an emphasis on radio, television, and film.

Career

Cross' first journalism job was as a reporter at an Atlanta radio station.[1] Eventually, she worked for CNN as an associate producer in the 2000s.[4][6] She was also the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for BET Networks. She later became a resident fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics.[6] Cross also made regular appearances on MSNBC, most notably on AM Joy with Joy Reid.[3]

In July 2020, her book Say It Louder: Black Voters, Our Voices, and the Shaping of American Democracy was published.[3] That same month, Joy Reid's new weekday show, The ReidOut started and Cross became one of a handful of rotating guest hosts of AM Joy.[6] As of August, Cross, Jonathan Capehart and Zerlina Maxwell were being considered for the weekend slot by MSNBC.[7] Months later, in December, Cross was named host of a new, two hour show on MSNBC, Cross Connection (often stylized as Crosstalk[8]), replacing Reid's AM Joy Saturday slot, with Capehart taking the Sunday slot and Maxwell hosting her own show on NBC Peacock.[6]

Works
  • Say It Louder!: Black Voters, Our Voices, and the Shaping of American Democracy. New York: Amistad (2020). ISBN 006297677X

References
  1. "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Tiffany Cross, co-founder and managing editor of The Beat DC". POLITICO. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. "My new MSNBC show 'The Cross Connection' is a home for us all". December 11, 2020.
  3. Callahan, Yesha (July 3, 2020). "Tiffany D. Cross Is Ready To 'Say It Louder'". Essence.
  4. Barr, Jeremy (3 December 2020). "MSNBC gives weekend shows to Tiffany Cross and Jonathan Capehart". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. Dowling, Brendan (13 August 2020). ""I Had Grown Too Big to Shrink": Tiffany D. Cross on her Journey from the Control Room to the Green Room". Public Libraries Online. Public Library Association. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. Adalian, Josef (3 December 2020). "MSNBC Taps Two New Anchors to Replace Joy Reid on Weekends". Vulture. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. Steinberg, Brian (26 August 2020). "MSNBC Has New Ideas for Joy Reid's Old Weekend Anchor Slot". Variety. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. "MSNBC Public Relations on Twitter: ""Let's do it for the culture, welcome home." @TiffanyDCross greets viewers during the first edition of "The Cross Connection." #CrossTalk #WinWithBlackWomen" / Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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