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class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_Gordon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Ed_Gordon.jpg/220px-Ed_Gordon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Ed_Gordon.jpg/330px-Ed_Gordon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Ed_Gordon.jpg/440px-Ed_Gordon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="805" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ed Gordon in 2008</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Edward Lansing Gordon III</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-08-17</span>) </span>August 17, 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_University" title="Western Michigan University">Western Michigan University</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Television journalist, talk show host</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1986 – present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Karen Haney (divorced)<br />Leslie Howard (current)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Gordon_(athlete)" title="Ed Gordon (athlete)">Ed Gordon Jr.</a><br />Jimmie Hunt</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edgordon.net">EdGordon.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Edward Lansing Gordon III</b> (born August 17, 1960) is an <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> television journalist known for his association with <a href="/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Entertainment Television">BET</a> over four different decades. A native of <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, Ed Gordon is the son of an Olympic athlete also named <a href="/wiki/Ed_Gordon_(athlete)" title="Ed Gordon (athlete)">Ed Gordon</a>. The younger Gordon was BET's main news anchor from 1988 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2001 before hosting the interview show <i>BET Tonight</i> from 2001 to 2002 and another interview show, <i>Weekly with Ed Gordon</i>, from 2010 to 2011. </p><p>In addition to his work with BET, Gordon also worked for <a href="/wiki/NBC_News" title="NBC News">NBC News</a> from 1996 to 2000, <a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS News</a> from 2004 to 2005, and <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a> from 2005 to 2006. From 2006 to 2010, he hosted the syndicated talk show <i><a href="/wiki/Our_World_with_Black_Enterprise" title="Our World with Black Enterprise">Our World with Black Enterprise</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_background">Personal background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gordon_(journalist)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordon was born in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>. His father <a href="/wiki/Ed_Gordon_(athlete)" title="Ed Gordon (athlete)">Ed Gordon Jr.</a> (1908–1971) was a schoolteacher who won gold in the <a href="/wiki/1932_Summer_Olympics" title="1932 Summer Olympics">1932 Summer Olympics</a> for competing in the <a href="/wiki/Long_jump" title="Long jump">long jump</a>, and his mother Jimmie (née Hunt) (1920–2015) was also a teacher.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduating from <a href="/wiki/Cass_Technical_High_School" title="Cass Technical High School">Cass Technical High School</a> in Detroit,<sup id="cite_ref-WDIV_2020_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDIV_2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the younger Gordon graduated from <a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_University" title="Western Michigan University">Western Michigan University</a> in 1982 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Communications">communications</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Contemp_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Contemp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gordon_(journalist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career_in_Detroit_(1983–1988)"><span id="Early_career_in_Detroit_.281983.E2.80.931988.29"></span>Early career in Detroit (1983–1988)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gordon_(journalist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career in Detroit (1983–1988)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although Gordon considered law school, Gordon aspired to be a television journalist and took an unpaid internship at <a href="/wiki/WTVS" title="WTVS">WTVS</a>, the <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> affiliate in Detroit. At WTVS, he worked as a production assistant from 1983 to 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-Contemp_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Contemp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, Gordon became host of a local weekly talk show, <i>Detroit Black Journal</i>, which had a yearly salary of $11,000. On the side, Gordon worked as a freelance journalist at the then-fledgling cable network <a href="/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Entertainment Television">Black Entertainment Television</a> (BET).<sup id="cite_ref-Contemp_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Contemp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_stint_with_BET_(1988–1996)"><span id="First_stint_with_BET_.281988.E2.80.931996.29"></span>First stint with BET (1988–1996)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gordon_(journalist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First stint with BET (1988–1996)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988, Gordon joined BET full-time as anchor of the weekly program <i>BET News</i>, which covered African-American social issues and popular culture. While Gordon worked at BET, its news staff had only around 20 people, and Gordon produced most of his interviews with only one or two assistants.<sup id="cite_ref-Contemp_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Contemp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in 1990, Gordon also hosted hour-long interviews on several occasions in the series <i>Conversation with Ed Gordon</i>. His subjects have included President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, actor/director, rapper <a href="/wiki/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur">Tupac Shakur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a>, and singer <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BET_2002_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BET_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Contemp_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Contemp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots" title="1992 Los Angeles riots">1992 Los Angeles riots</a>, Gordon hosted a BET special, <i>L.A. Aftermath: Black Men Speak Out</i> and conducted the first interview with U.S. President <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> after the riots.<sup id="cite_ref-BET_2002_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BET_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 25, 1996, Gordon became the first journalist to interview former NFL star <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">O. J. Simpson</a> since Simpson was <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson_murder_case" class="mw-redirect" title="O. J. Simpson murder case">acquitted of murder</a> the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_with_NBC_(1996–2000)"><span id="Career_with_NBC_.281996.E2.80.932000.29"></span>Career with NBC (1996–2000)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gordon_(journalist)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Career with NBC (1996–2000)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 1996, Gordon left BET to join <a href="/wiki/NBC_News" title="NBC News">NBC News</a>, where he began as a daytime anchor and host of weekly talk and interview program <i>Internight</i> on NBC's cable network <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> as well as a contributor to NBC's morning show <i><a href="/wiki/The_Today_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Today Show">Today</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPR_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At MSNBC, Gordon covered major news events of the late 1990s such as the <a href="/wiki/1996_Republican_National_Convention" title="1996 Republican National Convention">Republican</a> and <a href="/wiki/1996_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1996 Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Conventions</a> of <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election" title="1996 United States presidential election">1996</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton" title="Impeachment of Bill Clinton">impeachment of Bill Clinton</a>, the crash of <a href="/wiki/Swissair_Flight_111" title="Swissair Flight 111">Swissair Flight 111</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>'s <a href="/wiki/List_of_pastoral_visits_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II">1998 visit to Cuba</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BET_2002_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BET_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in March 1999, Gordon became a regular correspondent on <i><a href="/wiki/Dateline_NBC" title="Dateline NBC">Dateline NBC</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_stint_with_BET_(2000–2004)"><span id="Second_stint_with_BET_.282000.E2.80.932004.29"></span>Second stint with BET (2000–2004)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gordon_(journalist)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Second stint with BET (2000–2004)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordon returned to BET in 2000 to host <i>BET News</i>, this time on a nightly basis.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, Gordon replaced <a href="/wiki/Tavis_Smiley" title="Tavis Smiley">Tavis Smiley</a> as host of interview program <i>BET Tonight</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two interviews Gordon conducted for <i>BET Tonight</i> in 2002 attracted outside attention. The May 8 edition broadcast an interview by Gordon with popular R&B singer <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly">R. Kelly</a>, who was facing charges for child pornography. In the interview, Kelly denied the accusations of child abuse.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Grio_Kelly_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grio_Kelly-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kelly told Gordon: "I've done a lot of wrong things in my life, but I'm not a criminal."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Then on December 16, the program showed his interview with outgoing <a href="/wiki/Senate_Minority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Minority Leader">Senate Minority Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott">Trent Lott</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>) following Lott's controversial remarks at the 100th birthday party for fellow Senator <a href="/wiki/Strom_Thurmond" title="Strom Thurmond">Strom Thurmond</a> that the nation would have been better off had Thurmond, a <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">segregationist</a>, been elected for president in <a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election" title="1948 United States presidential election">1948</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lott_LA_Times_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lott_LA_Times-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Howard Rosenberg of the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> described Gordon as "polite but firm" in the interview: "Without being a bully, he held Lott's tongue to the fire...not allowing the senator to dodge, finesse or answer questions that weren't asked."<sup id="cite_ref-Lott_LA_Times_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lott_LA_Times-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of a reorganization focusing on entertainment productions, BET cut its news staff and canceled <i>BET Tonight</i> in December 2002 along with other public affairs shows hosted by Gordon, <i>Lead Story</i> and <i>Teen Summit</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gordon continued to be a contributor to BET through 2004, when he interviewed Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. senator <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> for a <i>Speak Now</i> special broadcast October 8.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CBS_and_NPR_(2004–2006)"><span id="CBS_and_NPR_.282004.E2.80.932006.29"></span>CBS and NPR (2004–2006)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gordon_(journalist)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: CBS and NPR (2004–2006)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordon became a correspondent for the <a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS News</a> program <i><a href="/wiki/60_Minutes_II" title="60 Minutes II">60 Minutes II</a></i> in November 2004; the show ran until 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Tavis Smiley left <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a> (NPR), Gordon began hosting a show on NPR titled <i><a href="/wiki/News_%26_Notes" title="News & Notes">News & Notes</a></i>, a show with a similar focus on African-American issues that he hosted from 2005 to 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_work_(2006–present)"><span id="Recent_work_.282006.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Recent work (2006–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gordon_(journalist)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Recent work (2006–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 2006 to 2010, Gordon hosted the syndicated talk show <i><a href="/wiki/Our_World_with_Black_Enterprise" title="Our World with Black Enterprise">Our World with Black Enterprise</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BET announced in March 2010 that Gordon would return to the network to host "a variety of news programs and specials."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gordon's latest series <i>Weekly with Ed Gordon</i> premiered on October 3, 2010, with a one-on-one interview with Representative <a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Rangel" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles B. Rangel">Charles B. Rangel</a>, who was undergoing an <a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Rangel#2008.E2.80.932010:_Ethics_issues_and_censure" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles B. Rangel">ethics issues</a> at the time. In the program, Gordon also discusses news and culture with a four-member panel.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show ran until March 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the fall of 2016, Gordon hosted a weekly primetime newsmagazine on <a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce TV</a>, <i>Ed Gordon</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, Gordon released a book, <i>Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-WDIV_2020_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDIV_2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, he returned to BET as a reporter for the newsmagazine <a href="/wiki/America_in_Black" title="America in Black">America in Black</a>, a co-production with the CBS News.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also appeared several times on the second season, released in 2024. He interviewed <a href="/wiki/President_Joe_Biden" class="mw-redirect" title="President Joe Biden">President Joe Biden</a> in July 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gordon_(journalist)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Emmy Award</li> <li>NAACP Image Award</li> <li>National Association of Black Journalists Journalist of the Year award</li> <li>Communication Excellence to Black Audiences Award for Merit</li> <li>Named in People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" list<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gordon_(journalist)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordon has a daughter, Taylor (born 1993), from his previous marriage to Karen Haney.<sup id="cite_ref-People_1996_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-People_1996-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-People_1993_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-People_1993-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his career with <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>-based BET, he lived in nearby <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-People_1993_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-People_1993-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Now married to Leslie Howard, Gordon is the stepfather of two children.<sup id="cite_ref-historymakers_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historymakers-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Gordon_(journalist)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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