Charity Elder ’00

Charity C. Elder, an instructor in Fordham University’s Department of Communication and Media Studies, is an award-winning journalist and media executive with more than two decades working in and leading broadcast and digital newsrooms. She previously served as a senior adviser to the Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign, strategizing ways to engage the Black community. Prior to that, she was head of video and podcasts for Yahoo News, leading a team of innovative producers redefining news in the era of immersive journalism. Elder began her career at Emmy award-winning morning shows––with stints at NBC News and at CBS News––where she reported on stories of national import, including politics and natural disasters. In 2016, she was named to Folio magazine’s list of top women in media, and in 2017, she was selected and profiled for NYC Media’s The Vanguard: Women in Media. Elder recently published her first nonfiction book, Power: The Rise of Black Women in America (Skyhorse/Simon & Schuster).

Elder graduated with honors with a B.A. in sociology from Trinity and an M.A. in mass communication and journalism from New York University. She serves on the National Governing Board of Directors for the Jeremiah Program, a nonprofit that aims to break the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children two generations at a time. She also is a former member of Trinity’s Board of Fellows.

Born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, she resides in New York.