EP8: Breaking Media Barriers with Carol Daniel

Carol Daniel shares her story of success in the broadcast industry and how she became the leading anchor in the St Louis Metropolitan region.  

Full Guest BIO:  Carol A. Daniel is first and foremost a mother and wife. She and her husband Patrick are celebrating 25 years of marriage. They are also the proud and exhausted parents of two sons.
Carol began her career at the “Voice of St. Louis” in 1995 as an anchor, reporter and talk show host. She was hired when the program director was driving to Memphis with his family, heard Carol on the air at a radio station in Cape Girardeau, MO. Two weeks later, she moved to St. Louis and was working at KMOX.
The 36-year veteran of broadcasting was once a campaign organizer, a recruiter for the U.S. Census Bureau, and even worked as a substitute teacher! Carol is a gifted motivational speaker who believes in the biblical verse, “To whom much is given, much is required.” 
In 2008, Carol helped launch the Emmy award-winning lifestyle television show on KMOV-TV, “Great Day St. Louis” before moving on to her next career, author! Her first book, “All I Ever Wanted: Relationships, Marriage, Family,” was met with praise from her many fans. She also is an award-winning columnist, having spent nearly ten years writing for the St. Louis American Newspaper. She has received two National Newspaper Association awards for her column, “Carol’s Journal.” Her other honors have come from the Missouri Broadcaster’s Association, The Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists, the YWCA Women’s Leader Class. Most recently, Delux Magazine of St. Louis selected her to their Power 100 list and she was selected “Best Host” by her peers at STL TV, the city of St. Louis cable access channel.
Carol is in her third term as President of the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalist. She is a member of New Life in Christ Interdenominational Church in O’Fallon, Illinois where she and her husband, spearheaded the couple’s ministry, “Journey to Oneness” for nearly a decade. 
They have two sons, 23-year-old Patrick Henry Daniel Jr., a software developer and 19-year-old Marcus Isiah Daniel, an acting major in college