Eden Harris, correspondent, Connecting Africa

Eden Harris

Special Correspondent, Connecting Africa

Eden is a freelance reporter based in Washington, D.C. and has a passion for uplifting marginalized voices on a global, national and local level. She has experience covering the White House, Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court and federal agencies in Washington, D.C.

She covers mainly all things Africa and is committed to doing so with the highest standards that drive true equity for the continent and its US diaspora.

With her lively personality, she is revered as a journalist who skillfully employs her individuality to ask tough questions. Her proven record as an ethical journalist who genuinely cares about the subjects she covers has enabled her to establish connections with sources that are typically hard to access. 

She got her start in journalism at CBS News (Washington, D.C. Bureau) as a politics and booking intern and went on to work in California at ABC10 as a news producer and in Washington as a national politics digital producer at Spectrum News. Her bylines can be seen in Semafor Africa, Al Jazeera and more.


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