Allen has also served on the University of Pennsylvania’s Board of Overseers, the Board of the Overseas Press Club, and the Leadership Council of the Committee to Protect Journalists.Īllen lives in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area with his wife, Adaora Udoji, and daughter. In 1996, the National Association of Black Journalists named him journalist of the year.
Kennedy Awards, two George Foster Peabody Awards, and two Alfred I. Allen’s reports have appeared on all of NBC’s news platforms including “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” “Today,” and MSNBC.Īllen’s work has earned him many of journalism’s highest honors, including six Overseas Press Club Awards, five Emmys, two Robert F. In all, he has traveled to more than seventy-five countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Balkans, Israel and the Palestinian territories, and across Africa, in countries such as Rwanda, South Africa and Somalia, among others. Allen also covered the historic 2008 Presidential election campaign, where he reported from Chicago’s Grant Park the night of President Barack Obama’s victory. He has traveled to South Africa several times to cover the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. Tuberculosis was an extremely common illness during the 19 th century and was caused when bacteria spread through the air. His mom died when he was 13 and he was orphaned when his dad, Eleuthere II, died from tuberculosis. Simpson trials, the Trayvon Martin shooting, the abuse scandal at Pennsylvania State University, the historic Arab Spring from Cairo, Egypt, and the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Alfred I DuPont the great-great-grandson of Pierre Samuel had two sisters and two brothers. Allen was based in London until 2003, when he moved to New York.Īs a national and international correspondent, Allen covered the O.J. He was then hired by NBC News in 1996 as a national and international correspondent, where he covered stories of interest across the United States and around the world. duPont stands for 'Irenee,' meaning 'peace. In 1992, Allen was appointed as a foreign correspondent for ABC News, and served in London until 1996. From 1988 until 1992, he worked as a national correspondent for CBS News based in Washington, D.C. In 1980, Allen was hired as a desk assistant for a CBS news station in New York City. degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania. Allen Jr., was a cargo sales manager at Newark International Airport. His mother, Shirley Allen, was a school secretary his father, Lindsay L.
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