Bryan Monroe

Bryan Monroe is an award-winning journalist, educator and entrepreneur. He was the editor of CNNPolitics.com, where he was responsible of the digital side of CNN’s political coverage. He was previously the vice president and editorial director of Ebony and Jet magazines, at Johnson Publishing Co., as well as a visiting professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

Monroe also helped lead the team of journalists from Knight Ridder and the Biloxi Sun Herald (Mississippi), who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service for coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

He was the 16th President of the National Association of Black Journalists. In April 2015, he was named Verizon Chair professor at Temple University's School of Media and Communication.

Monroe was born in Munich, Germany, the second child of US Army officer MG James W. Monroe, of Laurinburg, NC, and Charlyne Monroe, a schoolteacher from Atlantic City.

Monroe began his career as a photojournalist in the Pacific Northwest, first at United Press International, and then at the Seattle Times. He also interned at The Roanoke Times and World News.

He became the graphics editor and director of photography at the Myrtle Beach Sun News and later served as deputy project director for Knight Ridder's 25/43 Project.

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