Morgan Norris

Morgan Norris believes journalism is an art, a science, and a service. She is a graduating senior journalism major with an emphasis in cinema studies from Atlanta, GA.

Norris started her journey with Hampton University’s newscast, WHOV-TV. She has been a radio member, news writer, reporter, anchor, associate producer, and executive producer. She became a fellow with the Emma Bowen Foundation after her freshman year. Norris was an intern with FOX 5 Atlanta for three summers. She solely represented Hampton University as a student journalist during the HBCU Press Briefing with Vice President Kamala Harris and Senior Advisor Keisha Lance-Bottoms. Norris became a Washington Media Scholars Fellow and Media Intern in her junior year. She researched House Bill 1980 at the Congressional Black Caucus conference and worked with Mother Jones to create a compelling article about the anti-DEI movement at the Virginia Military Institute. Due to her work, Norris became the 2024 Emma Bowen Rising Star.

She is currently a fellow with InsideClimate News, researching flood prevention and environmental justice in Hampton Roads. Norris is the journalist of the Gamma Iota Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the president of the Kappa Tau Alpha Honor Society, the treasurer of the Hampton University chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, and more. Her goal is to become a reporter at a local news station post-graduation.