The Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien executive producer and host also routinely pays it forward by mentoring college-bound women through her PowHERful Foundation… and through her super tight Twitter game where she often calls out shoddy, inaccurate and biased reporting in the media. Journalist and activist Soledad O’Brien not only celebrated her Irish, Scottish and Afro-Latina heritage as a 2016 guest on Henry Louis Gates’ PBS show Finding Your Roots, the honorary Delta Sigma Theta member also hosted the critically acclaimed 2007 Black in AmericaCNN special. Patrick’s Day - based on the “A Year of Good Black News Page-A-Day Calendar” published by Workman Publishing. Hey, this Lori Lakin Hutcherson, founder and editor in chief of, here to share with you a daily drop of Good Black News for Thursday, March 17th, 2022 - also known as St. Or just check it out every day here on the main website (transcript below): You can follow or subscribe to the Good Black News Daily Drop Podcast through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, rss.comor create your own RSS Feed. It’s based on the Thursday, March 17 entry from the “A Year of Good Black News” Page-A-Day®️ Calendar for 2022:

Patrick’s Day, GBN Daily Drop podcast features journalist, producer, activist and philanthropist Soledad O’Brien, who in 2016 explored her Irish, Scottish and Afro-Latina heritage on the PBS show Finding Your Roots. While she enjoyed her time as Weekend Today's co-anchor, after the death of David Bloom found it difficult to report on the sillier stories they covered, wanting to be remembered for something more.By Lori Lakin Hutcherson ( on St. O'Brien has rushed to the scene of many big stories- from Katrina's devastation to the earthquake in Haiti, she has tried to put some meaning into her work. She incorporates personal stories from various people she has met while doing her job and shows through these examples how different the American experience is. O'Brien explores the issue of racism at many different points in this book. Today Smithtown continues to struggle with racism, often trying to keep their town predominantly white. Partially a biography, O'Brien recalls her childhood in Smithtown, New York, where she and her siblings were part of just a handful of black children in their town. And what I have learned of her through her book impresses me even more than I was previously. Finally, I have been able to catch up on this personality that I let into my home each weekend via the TV screen.

The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilites is newly published, written by Soledad O'Brien.

The Next Big Story by Soledad O'Brien