Tony Harris (journalist)

Tony Harris
Born	1959 (age 57–58) Baltimore, Maryland
Alma mater	University of Maryland, Baltimore County, (B.A.)
Occupation	Journalist, Anchorman
Notable credit(s)	Al Jazeera America News Al Jazeera English Newshour CNN Saturday Morning CNN Sunday Morning CNN Newsroom

Tony Harris (born 1959) is a United States television reporter, news anchor and producer, currently with Investigation Discovery. Previously Harris was a news anchor at Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera America and CNN.

Tony Harris is a B.A. graduate in English from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

He entered broadcasting as a nineteen-year-old radio disc jockey in his native Baltimore, Maryland. Two years later, he moved to television as a features reporter for an afternoon newsmagazine in Cleveland, Ohio. He rose to co-host. Moving to New York City, he worked as an entertainment reporter for Entertainment Tonight and the Home Box Office. He returned to Cleveland in the early 1990s as a weekend news anchor, then again to New York City, and Los Angeles, as a reporter for the Fox Network prime time newsmagazine Front Page.

He returned to local news as lead anchor for WBFF and WNUV in Baltimore, and then for WGCL-TV in Atlanta, Georgia. Based at CNN Center in Atlanta, Harris co-anchored CNN Saturday Morning and CNN Sunday Morning with Betty Nguyen until he made the move to anchor CNN Newsroom on September 8, 2008. He was also a frequent substitute anchor on weekday news programs including American Morning. Harris has won an Emmy Award.

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