Judith McCray is a multiple Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist, documentary filmmaker and media activist with over 30 years in television and media. Her experience includes working both full time and as an independent producer for public broadcasting stations WNET/New York, WTTW/Chicago, WBEZ/Chicago, WYCC/Chicago and more. She’s written, directed and produced independent documentaries for PBS primetime and national public television. She has long embraced using social media as a vehicle to examine social justice issues and advocate social change. Her work has taken her all the way to Sudan, Egypt, Kenya, Switzerland, Brazil and across the U.S. to uncover hidden truths. Judith was born and raised on a family farm in Eastern Iowa, on land her grandfather purchased after fleeing Jim Crow racism in Mississippi. She has always fought for social justice with the media as her primary tool. Judith holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a master’s degree from Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics. Judith also launched a nonprofit "Reparations Media" in 2021 and discusses its impact in this episode.
