As a reporter...
Bonnie Boswell is an Emmy award-winning broadcast producer, reporter, editorialist and talk show host. Ms. Boswell is currently the executive producer/reporter of Bonnie Boswell Reports, a feature news series that airs during PBS NewsHour Weekend on PBS SoCal. Ms. Boswell has been a news reporter for NBC Los Angeles where she developed a weekly feature spot for a top evening news program. She was also the producer/co-host of “Lawson, Live,” a live, call-in political talk show with legendary civil rights leader Pastor James M. Lawson, an associate producer for ABC News’ “20/20,” and the producer of “Positively Black,” an NBC-New York magazine show and broadcast editorialist for NBC-New York.
As a producer...
Bonnie Boswell is the executive producer of the 2024 Los Angeles Emmy Award winning PBS film, “Saving Moms,” a feature-length documentary on maternal health in America, and A Conversation with Pastor James Lawson and Attorney Bryan Stevenson. She is the executive producer of the award-winning film, The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights, a film about her uncle, presented by First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House. At NBC-Los Angeles, she was the community reporter and the executive producer/reporter of Seeds of Peace, a feature-length documentary airing on NBC-owned stations and winner of a Golden Mike Award for Best News Special.
Recognition for Saving Moms
2024 Los Angeles Emmy Awards
2023 Southern California Journalism Awards 1st Place - “News Feature (Over 5 Minutes)”
Recognition for The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights
2013 “Golden Laurel” awards from Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, Louisville International Film Festival
2013 HBO, CNN, and Saatchi & Saatchi Finalist - “Best Documentary”
As a speaker...
Ms. Boswell has given two TED talks with the popular TEDxTalks series and an interviewer for TedxTalks Salon. She has been a guest speaker at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Law School, The Wharton School of Business, Princeton University, and The National Endowment for the Humanities. Ms. Boswell is currently on the board of Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF), Burning Glass Technologies, and Community Partners and is a past executive board member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. She has appeared on The Today Show, CNN’s Talk Back, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Show in 2013, in addition to the following shows:
Recognition...
A graduate of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ms. Boswell received a Public Broadcasting Award for Senior Producers from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and an “Excellence in Media” award from Black Enterprise. Ms. Boswell’s articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Essence magazine and the Radcliffe Quarterly. She is a past executive board member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Ms. Boswell lives with her family in Los Angeles.
Bonnie and Oprah.
Bonnie received top honors at the Southern California Journalism Awards in the “News Feature (Over 5 Minutes)” category for Saving Moms (2023).
Bonnie received an 2024 LA Emmy Award for Saving Moms (2023).
Bonnie and Michelle on the screening of the The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights (2013)