Ashanti blaize biography
She holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Miami and is an author, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, a public speaker, and a PR/marketing....
About Ashanti
Ashanti Blaize-Hopkins is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, producer, educator, author, higher education equity consultant and public relations expert with more than a decade of experience. Throughout her career she has worked as a television news anchor, reporter and producer in markets across the country, in addition to producing branded video content and public relations and communication strategies for various companies.
Ashanti Nailah Blaize is known for Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored (), American Experience () and The Vernon Johns Story ().
She got her start working as a field producer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's broadcasting unit, writing business reports for Sun-Sentinel media partner, WTVJ-NBC 4 and conducting interviews for special report pieces airing on Sun-Sentinel owned WSFL.
Her first on-air position was at KFOX-TV in El Paso, TX, where she was a morning news reporter and fill-in news anchor. From there, it was on to the bright lights of Las Vegas, NV where Ashanti worked as a news anchor and reporter for KLAS-TV.
There she won her first Emmy award for cont