Morgan Norris

Morgan Norris believes journalism is an art, a science, and a service. She is a graduate from Hampton University with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and is pursuing her Master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Norris is originally from Atlanta, GA.

She 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, catching the director’s attention with her package on gas inflation. Norris was an intern with FOX 5 Atlanta for three summers.

Norris is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

She was the only student journalist representing Hampton University at 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 Student of the Year.

During her senior year, Norris was a fellow with InsideClimate News and researched flood prevention and environmental justice in Hampton Roads. Known as “Mo Media” on campus, she told students’ stories, produced films, and hosted events, eventually becoming a 2024 AT&T Rising Future Maker.

In the spring of 2025, months before her graduation, she lost all of her hair due to alopecia areata. In return, God blessed her tenfold. Norris won the Virginias Associated Press Broadcaster Scholarship, became a White House Correspondents Association Truth in Reporting Scholar, and was a special guest for Atlanta’s “Portia” talk show as an alopecia survivor. The Pulitzer Center chose Norris as a 2025 Campus Consortium Reporting Fellow. She interviewed over thirty Korean natives, dermatologists, beauty influencers and professionals to create a 20-minute video essay and 3,000-word article about the mismarketing of glutathione as a skin whitening injection. Her work was published by the Pulitzer Center and The Korea Herald, South Korea’s most reputable publication.

Norris received two full-ride scholarship offers from New York University and Northwestern University, and she chose the Medill School of Journalism. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Journalism in the Video & Broadcast specialization, with hopes of becoming a local reporter post-grad.

Her calling: delivering contextual narratives that transform public interests into understanding. Norris wants to focus on what people care about now, adding depth and clarity so communities can engage thoughtfully and form informed perspectives. She eventually aspires to be an explanatory cultural reporter, investigative documentarian and talk show host.