Richelle Carey

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Richelle Carey

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Richelle Carey
Born	(1971-10-13) October 13, 1971 (age 53) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Baylor University (BA)
Occupation(s)	Broadcast journalist, news anchor
Notable credit(s)	UpFront Al Jazeera America News Prime News
Children	1 (adopted)

Richelle Carey (born October 13, 1971) is an American broadcast journalist. She was an anchor on Al Jazeera English and was previously an anchor for Al Jazeera America.

Carey was previously a news anchor for HLN and correspondent for its Prime News broadcast, from May 2006 to June 2013; she joined HLN from KMOV-TV St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to joining KMOV in the summer of 2003, Carey was the morning and afternoon news anchor at the Fox affiliate in Henderson-Las Vegas, Nevada (KVVU).

Early life and education

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Richelle Carey was born in Houston, Texas, on October 13, 1971. Carey's mother is a nurse who works with teenagers in poverty-stricken neighborhoods.^[1] She first attended Smith College but later graduated from Baylor University in her native Texas, where she earned a bachelor's degree in telecommunications.^[1]^[2]

Career

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Carey started her television career as an intern at KPRC-TV in Houston, Texas. She was later promoted and became an associate producer at the station. After leaving KPRC, Carey worked as a reporter and anchor in Texas, Nevada, and Missouri. She later moved to Atlanta to work for HLN, where she was responsible for the covering women and children affected by violence. During her time here, she interviewed a number of women who have gone through trials and tribulations. She interviewed women such as Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson and Chaka Khan.^[1] She hosted the weekly segments on HLN, "What Matters", discussing issues facing the African-American community.

She was best-known for her coverage of Fort Hood in Texas and the week she spent in Bosnia where she covered the work of soldiers in the 1st US Cavalry stationed there.^[2]

On July 11, 2013 she was announced as one of the first news anchors at Al Jazeera America.^[3] After the closure of Al Jazeera America in April 2016, she became a presenter at Al Jazeera English in Doha, Qatar and one of the few Al Jazeera America personnel retained. In October 2020, she became the temporary host of UpFront on Al Jazeera English until Marc Lamont Hill was chosen as the permanent replacement.

Carey is an advocate for teen girls and women, specifically the sexualization of young girls and women's rights.^[1]

She has served as a VP of the Board of Directors of Men Stopping Violence,^[4] and served on the Board of the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta^[1]^[2]

In 2020, Carey left Al Jazeera and returned to the United States.^[5]

Awards

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Emmy award-reporting consumer features at KMOV^[1]^[2]
Emerging Journalist - Houston Association of Black Journalists^[2]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Meet Richelle". Richelle Carey. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Richelle Carey". CNN. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
^ Al Jazeera America Names 4 Anchors The Wrap, July 11, 2013
^ Richelle Carey profile, HuffingtonPost.com. Accessed November 10, 2022.
^ "This Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Gave Up Her Career To Have A Child At 50". xonecole.com. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

v t e Al Jazeera English personalities
Anchors	Dareen Abughaida Adrian Finighan Darren Jordon Maryam Nemazee
Programme hosts	Malika Bilal Marwan Bishara Richard Gizbert Marc Lamont Hill Josh Rushing Sebastian Walker
Meteorologists	Everton Fox
Sports	Andy Richardson
Correspondents	Hoda Abdel-Hamid David Chater Alan Fisher Divya Gopalan Peter Greste Casey Kauffman Zeina Khodr Haru Mutasa Yvonne Ndege Lucia Newman Marga Ortigas Barnaby Phillips Rob Reynolds Jacky Rowland Andrew Simmons Clayton Swisher Step Vaessen Jacob Ward
Former personalities	Femi Oke Derrick Ashong Zeina Awad Felicity Barr Lukwesa Burak Melissa Chan Stephen Cole Brendan Connor Ghida Fakhry Shereen El Feki Lisa Fletcher Sir David Frost Steve Gaisford Imran Garda Shiulie Ghosh Jennifer Glasse Tony Harris Mehdi Hasan Fauziah Ibrahim Rizwan Khan Phil Lavelle Avi Lewis Hamish Macdonald Julie MacDonald David Marash Anita McNaught Ayman Mohyeldin Anand Naidoo Arthur Neslen Rageh Omaar Amanda Palmer Veronica Pedrosa Rawya Rageh Kamahl Santamaria Mark Seddon Barbara Serra Sherine Tadros Lauren Taylor Sue Turton Monica Villamizar

v t e Al Jazeera America anchors and reporters
Past anchors	Ali Velshi Antonio Mora Cara Santa Maria Sheila MacVicar David Shuster Jonathan Betz John Henry Smith Joie Chen John Seigenthaler Lisa Fletcher Ray Suarez Richelle Carey Stephanie Sy Tony Harris Morgan Radford Imran Garda
Past correspondents	Adam May Ash-har Quraishi Christof Putzel Chris Bury Jacob Ward Josh Rushing Melissa Chan Lori Jane Gliha Mike Viqueira Roxana Saberi Randall Pinkston Sebastian Walker Soledad O'Brien
Past contributors	Michael Shure Jason Leopold Jami Floyd
Past meteorologists	Eboni Deon Nicole Mitchell (Chief Meteorologist)

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