Tina Martin McDuffie is an American television host, reporter, professor and public speaker. McDuffie is an associate professor of the practice of journalism at Boston University. She is a public television program host and reporter.[1][2] She hosts the World Channel/ WGBH series Local, USA and is a television and radio reporter and host for WGBH News in Boston. She is also a contributor on PBS News Hour and NPR. She received a regional Edward R. Murrow Award as part of a team of three reporters.[1]
She graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in broadcast journalism.[1] She also received an award from the National Endowment for Financial Education.[3] McDuffie has also won numerous other awards including 2 National Association of Black Journalists awards, 9 Telly Awards, & 2 Public Radio News Directors awards. McDuffie was inducted into the WERS radio Hall of Fame by her alma mater Emerson College in 2018. In 2022, she was named a Distinguished Alumni of Emerson College--the highest honor the university gives to alumni.
As of late 2022, McDuffie is working as the co-host of an original podcast with the Boston Globe. McDuffie is a sought after public speaker and gives an annual lecture at Harvard's TH Chan School of Public Health as part of a series on engaging with the press. She is a frequent presenter at the RTNDA (Radio Television News Digital Association) conference.