Hilary Powell

Hilary Powell is an AP award-winning television correspondent. Though based in D.C., her heart remains connected to the heartland as a native Hoosier. Her work can be seen on The Christian Broadcast Network, CBN News, The Associated Press and Oprah.com. 

On a typical day, Hilary will work on a story from concept to completion as reporter, producer and editor if necessary. Before heading to the nation’s capital, Hilary  served viewers as a morning reporter for North Carolina’s only statewide news network, Spectrum News. Before that she was a reporter for WSBT-TV,  and managing anchor for PBS in Northwest Indiana. Hilary cut her teeth in network television as an intern for The Oprah Winfrey Show and worked her way up to being one of the youngest associate producers of digital content for The Oprah Winfrey Network. Her work has appeared across the country.

Hilary is from Indianapolis and feels blessed to get close to family when she freelances for the AP in Indy during election season. Hilary feels honored that reporting has taken her across the world in search of truth. She traveled to the DMZ between North Korea and South Korea to explore how families were torn apart by the border. She covered the European refugee crisis on the ground in Berlin, Brussels and the Czech Republic as a fellow with the RIAS Berlin Kommission. She's also been a reporting fellow with the German American Fulbright Kommission in Hamburg, Germany. 

Hilary is a double graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, earning her bachelor's in broadcast journalism and her master's in new media. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. When not at work, she has a passion for mentoring young women and volunteering as a court watcher. She’s humbled to tell someone’s story each day.