Char Adams

Reporter, NBC BLK

I am an award-winning journalist covering race and identity for NBC News. I mainly focus on social justice, systemic patterns and culture.

Experience

My work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Teen Vogue, People magazine and elsewhere. My debut nonfiction book “Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore” is due out in 2025 (Tiny Reparations).

Awards

NABJ 2023 Salute to Excellence Award


Latest from

Char Adams

5years ago
Know Your Value

From Coretta Scott King to Ella Baker: These women’s ideas were key to MLK’s work

“Whether their names get called or not, women significantly impacted his life and his work,” said Villanova University professor Naomi Washington-Leaphart.