Correspondent + Producer
Antonia Hylton is a Peabody and two-time Emmy award-winning Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, and the New York Times bestselling author of MADNESS. She is also the cohost of the hit podcasts Southlake and Grapevine.
From 2016 to 2020, Antonia was a Correspondent and Producer for Vice Media and HBO’s nightly news and documentary show, Vice News Tonight. Since 2019, she has also served as an annual judge for the American Mosaic Journalism Prize.
Antonia’s won several awards, including Emmys for education and immigration reporting, two Gracie Awards for her stories about women, a NAMIC Vision Award for reporting on violence and politics in Chicago, and two Front Page Awards for special reporting and breaking news.
Antonia graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 2015, where she received prizes for her writing and investigative research on race, mass incarceration, and the history of psychiatry.
Awards
NYHAN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL JOURNALISM
Harvard Kennedy School, Shorenstein Center, 2023
SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE AWARD
NABJ, Television: Long Form, 2023
SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE AWARD
NABJ, Television: Short Form, 2023
GRACIE AWARD
Alliance for Women in Media, 2023
EMMY AWARD
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences,
Outstanding News Discussion & Anlaysis, 2022
PEABODY AWARD
University of Georgia, Radio/Podcast, 2022
EDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCATION AWARD
EWA, Audio Storytelling (large newsroom), 2022
SCRIPPS HOWARD AWARD
Scripps Howard Foundation, Excellence in Podcast Coverage, 2022
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
Pulitzer Prize Board, Audio Reporting, 2022
DEADLINE CLUB AWARD
Society of Professional Journalists, Audio Feature Reporting, 2022
BEST NEW PODCAST
Adweek, Southlake, 2021
EDWIN M. HOOD AWARD
The National Press Club, Diplomatic Correspondence, 2021
EMMY AWARD
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences,
Outstanding Feature in a Newscast, 2019
30 UNDER 30
Forbes, Class of 2020
FRONT PAGE AWARD
The Newswomen’s Club, Breaking News, 2019
NAMIC VISION AWARD
NAMIC National, 2018
FRONT PAGE AWARD
The Newswomen's Club, Special Reporting, 2018
GRACIE AWARD
Alliance for Women in Media, 2018
Recent Press
PULITZER PRIZE BOARD
Finalist: Mike Hixenbaugh, Antonia Hylton, Frannie Kelley, Reid Cherlin and Julie Shapiro of NBC News ⟶
GLAMOUR
8 Journalists on Reporting While Black, With the Weight of History on Their Shoulders ⟶
NEW YORK TIMES
Biden Dismisses Doubts on His Black Support: ‘You Know Better. You Know Better.’ ⟶
FORBES
How This TV Reporter Turned Her Fearlessness Into A Gig With Vice News Tonight On HBO ⟶
THE GROUND UP SHOW
Become a Better Storyteller w/ Vice's Antonia Hylton ⟶
