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ABOUT  harriet

Harriet Wallace is a multi Emmy award-winning, multimedia veteran journalist. Included in her list of honors is being named a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in journalism and awards from the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters and the Associated Press. She is one of the unique journalists who has excelled on all platforms - radio, print, TV and online. She covers all stories but has emerged as a prominent political voice in Nashville. It doesn't hurt that she's a candidate for her PhD in Public Administration with an emphasis on policy analysis.

 

The"media-preneur" is the architect of multiple successful talk shows. She played a key role in The Tennessean's early development of its digital platform and is the co-architect of Tennessee State University's media convergence program in the School of Communications.

 

She has been at the forefront of some of the nation's biggest stories. She is the creator and lead host of the popular Pumps & Politics talk show, Nashville's only all-women political talk platform. She is co-creator and co-host of the "No Bs Podcast w/Harriet & Sean".

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Harriet's style of journalism, which is blended with the right dose of passion and power, has helped transform legislation, restore hope and bring about change for some of America's disenfranchised communities.

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She lives on the cutting edge of journalism, infusing technology and social media into every story she tells and interview she conducts. Her eye for detail, consistency, creativity and truth have won national awards, including three Emmy's. 

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In 2018, she made history as the first African American to host an original talk show on WZTV Fox 17 News in Nashville.

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She is happily married to Scott Wallace with whom she co-owns Wallace Media Group. Together, they produce radio and television programming and have helped put dozens of kids through college by helping them realize their potential and attracting college recruiters to that potential..

Education:

Hampton University - B.A., Broadcast Journalism

Austin Peay State University - M.A., Corporate Communications

Walden University - PhD, Public Administration (current)

Awards & Nominations:
  • "Best Local News" Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

  • "Breaking News" Emmy Awards

  • Pulitzer Prize Journalism, finalist, 2011

  • Produced Emmy & Associated Press award-winning shows

  • 2019 Woman of Influence (Trailblazer), Nashville Business Journal

  • Nashville Emerging Leader, Young Professionals/Nashville Chamber of Commerce

  • Susan B. Shorter Emerging Leader, Nashville Coalition of 100 Black Women

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