Richelle Carey

Richelle Carey (born October 13, 1971) is an American broadcast journalist. She was an anchor on Al Jazeera English and was previously an anchor for Al Jazeera America.

Carey was previously a news anchor for HLN and correspondent for its Prime News broadcast, from May 2006 to June 2013; she joined HLN from KMOV-TV St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to joining KMOV in the summer of 2003, Carey was the morning and afternoon news anchor at the Fox affiliate in Henderson-Las Vegas, Nevada (KVVU).

Early life and education Richelle Carey was born in Houston, Texas, on October 13, 1971. Carey's mother is a nurse who works with teenagers in poverty-stricken neighborhoods.

On July 11, 2013, she was announced as one of the first news anchors at Al Jazeera America. After the closure of Al Jazeera America in April 2016, she became a presenter at Al Jazeera English in Doha, Qatar and one of the few Al Jazeera America personnel retained. In October 2020, she became the temporary host of UpFront on Al Jazeera English until Marc Lamont Hill was chosen as the permanent replacement.

Carey is an advocate for teen girls and women, specifically the sexualization of young girls and women's rights. and served on the Board of the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta.

Awards Emmy award-reporting consumer features at KMOV Emerging Journalist - Houston Association of Black Journalists