Edward Lansing Gordon III (born August 17, 1960) is an American
television journalist known for his association with BET over four
different decades. A native of Detroit, Ed Gordon is the son of an
Olympic athlete also named Ed Gordon. The younger Gordon was BET's
main news anchor from 1988 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2001 before
hosting the interview show BET Tonight from 2001 to 2002 and another
interview show, Weekly with Ed Gordon, from 2010 to 2011.In addition
to his work with BET, Gordon also worked for NBC News from 1996 to
2000, CBS News from 2004 to 2005, and NPR from 2005 to 2006. From 2006
to 2010, he hosted the syndicated talk show Our World with Black
Enterprise.Gordon was born in Detroit, Michigan. His father Ed Gordon
Jr. (1908â€"1971) was a schoolteacher who won gold in the 1932 Summer
Olympics for competing in the long jump, and his mother Jimmie (née
Hunt) (1920â€"2015) was also a teacher. After graduating from Cass
Technical High School in Detroit, the younger Gordon graduated from
Western Michigan University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
communications and political science.Although Gordon considered law
school, Gordon aspired to be a television journalist and took an
unpaid internship at WTVS, the PBS affiliate in Detroit. At WTVS, he
worked as a production assistant from 1983 to 1985. In 1986, Gordon
became host of a local weekly talk show, Detroit Black Journal, which
had a yearly salary of $11,000. On the side, Gordon worked as a
freelance journalist at the then-fledgling cable network Black
Entertainment Television (BET).
television journalist known for his association with BET over four
different decades. A native of Detroit, Ed Gordon is the son of an
Olympic athlete also named Ed Gordon. The younger Gordon was BET's
main news anchor from 1988 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2001 before
hosting the interview show BET Tonight from 2001 to 2002 and another
interview show, Weekly with Ed Gordon, from 2010 to 2011.In addition
to his work with BET, Gordon also worked for NBC News from 1996 to
2000, CBS News from 2004 to 2005, and NPR from 2005 to 2006. From 2006
to 2010, he hosted the syndicated talk show Our World with Black
Enterprise.Gordon was born in Detroit, Michigan. His father Ed Gordon
Jr. (1908â€"1971) was a schoolteacher who won gold in the 1932 Summer
Olympics for competing in the long jump, and his mother Jimmie (née
Hunt) (1920â€"2015) was also a teacher. After graduating from Cass
Technical High School in Detroit, the younger Gordon graduated from
Western Michigan University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
communications and political science.Although Gordon considered law
school, Gordon aspired to be a television journalist and took an
unpaid internship at WTVS, the PBS affiliate in Detroit. At WTVS, he
worked as a production assistant from 1983 to 1985. In 1986, Gordon
became host of a local weekly talk show, Detroit Black Journal, which
had a yearly salary of $11,000. On the side, Gordon worked as a
freelance journalist at the then-fledgling cable network Black
Entertainment Television (BET).
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