Jawan Strader is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and co-anchor of NBC 6 South Florida's weeknight newscasts. He also hosts Voices with Jawan Strader, the station's community affairs program dedicated to South Florida's Black community and to people who are often left out.
Strader has more than 20 years of experience in journalism. His career has taken him from South Bend, Indiana, to Tulsa, Austin, Washington, D.C., Cleveland and Miami, and he joined NBC 6 in 2012. He has won several regional Emmy Awards, including one in 2018 for anchoring coverage of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and the Hollywood Hills nursing home deaths after Hurricane Irma. The Miami New Times named him Best TV News Anchor in 2018.
Originally from Indianapolis, Strader earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Indiana University. He mentors young journalists, is a longtime role model mentor with the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project, and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and 100 Black Men of South Florida. In 2023 he received the President's Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes more than 4,000 hours of service.
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