Zinhle Essamuah

Zinhle Essamuah is a reporter for NBC News NOW, where she is also a guest anchor. Prior to this, she was a correspondent at NowThis social media-platform news organization and host of the “KnowThis” weekly news and interview show. Essamuah’s original reports on COVID-19 and Black maternal mortality, the new generation of racially diverse truckers amid supply chain stalls, and detention facilities have garnered millions of views. Her documentary films include The Minority Vote, about issues that faced millennials during the 2016 election, and Hands Up, which follows stories of the Black Lives Matter movement and earned a Gracie Award. A public speaker, she moderated the first Intergenerational Town Hall at the United Nations.