Robin N. Hamilton

Robin Nicole Hamilton is an American journalist, writer, television host, and principal at ARoundRobin Production Company. She has worked as a broadcast journalist in Florida, New York, Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. She directed the 2015 documentary This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Hamer.
Education
A native of Columbia, Maryland, Hamilton attended Duke University, earning her undergraduate degree in English. She wrote her thesis on desegregation in Durham. She obtained a master's degree in broadcast journalism from New York University. She also earned a master's degree in public administration with a focus in policy and media from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Television and film
Hamilton's first on-air reporting duties were as a television reporter in Florida. After a stint in New York, Hamilton became the host of the UPN38 Morning Show in Boston, Massachusetts. Hamilton then moved back to Washington, D.C. where she currently works at Tribune-owned CW-affiliate DCW50 TV (WDCW), Hamilton also appeared in the 2012 feature film comedy Ted as a news anchor. She also serves as principal of ARoundRobin Production Company, a video production company.
In 2015, Hamilton wrote, produced and directed the film This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Hamer, a documentary film about the Mississippi civil rights sharecropper who fought for voting rights. Fannie Lou Hamer is most known for her famous testimony during the Democratic National Convention credential committee hearing in 1964, describing brutality blacks faced living in the Jim Crow South. This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Hamer was the opening film for the March on Washington Film Festival on July 15, 2015 and the NYC Independent Film Festival. Additionally, the film will screen at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital in Washington, D.C. on August 5, 2015 In 2012, she won a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media for her work on Hattie's Lost Legacy.
In addition, Hamilton won a pair of National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Awards. In 2013 she won for The Dream Began Here and in 2011 she won for Howard Theatre: A Century in Song, a documentary about the historic Howard Theatre.
Public service
In the fall of 2010, Hamilton served as a Public Media Corps (PMC) Fellow which allowed her to promote social media tools to underserved communities. PMC is a project of the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC).
Personal life
Hamilton is married to Mark Falzone.

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