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

EDWARD R. MURROW AWARD
RTDNA, Podcast, 2024

SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE AWARD
NABJ, Television: Speciality, 2024

EXCELLENCE IN NETWORK TELEVISION
NLGJA, 2024

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
NATAS, 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
NATAS, 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