Warren Griffin Wilson

Biography

Warren Griffin Wilson (June 14, 1934 – September 27, 2024), known professionally as Warren Wilson, was an American broadcast, radio, and wire service journalist. He was one of the first Black television journalists in Los Angeles, and earned the moniker, “America’s most surrendered newsman” for arranging fugitives wanted by local law enforcement and the FBI to surrender to him so that they could receive fair judicial treatment. During his four decade career, Wilson received multiple Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award for his team reporting of the Rodney King beating and subsequent trial.

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