Goldie Taylor was born on July 18,1968 and is an American author and opinion writer based in Atlanta, Georgia.
20 Facts About Goldie Taylor
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Goldie Taylor's father was murdered on November 5,1973, when she was 5, leaving her mother Mary to raise her and her siblings alone.
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Goldie Taylor attended public schools in the metro St Louis area before moving to Atlanta and graduating from Cross Keys High School in 1986.
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Goldie Taylor was an active-duty US marine trained in public affairs broadcasting at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
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Goldie Taylor then gained admission to Emory University in Atlanta, where she studied political science and international affairs.
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Goldie Taylor worked on a number of political campaigns in the 1990s, including the unsuccessful 1996 campaign by Guy Millner, who ran as a Republican for post of United States senator.
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Goldie Taylor spent four years as a political contributor to MSNBC and wrote for MSNBC.
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Goldie Taylor did not announce her next move at that time.
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Goldie Taylor self-published her first novel, In My Father's House, with WheatMark Press in 2005.
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Goldie Taylor's 2008 op-ed column regarding then Republican vice presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, "A Woman's Worth", published by EbonyJet.
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Goldie Taylor is a frequent contributor to MSNBC, CNN and HLN on social, political and faith issues.
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Goldie Taylor disclosed details on Twitter about the abuse which took place while she was in high school.
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In March 2012, Goldie Taylor appeared on The Lawrence O'Donnell Show wearing a hooded sweatshirt in solidarity with slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
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Goldie Taylor was the first cable news pundit to do so, being an early vocal proponent of a deeper investigation.
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Goldie Taylor has worked for the Sara Lee Corporation as director of global communications and public affairs.
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Goldie Taylor has served as executive consultant to NBC News and CNN Worldwide.
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In 2009, while serving as a consulting producer to CNN, Goldie Taylor re-opened an investigation into the Atlanta Child Murders and convicted serial killer Wayne Williams.
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Goldie Taylor was an executive consultant to CNN's "Black in America", leading the audience tune-in strategy.
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Goldie Taylor has previously been an external affairs executive for several Fortune 500 companies, as well as two of the world's largest public relations agencies, the GCI Group San Francisco and Edelman Atlanta Public Relations.
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Goldie Taylor is the managing editor and host of "The Goldie Taylor Project", an opinion blog devoted to contemporary political, social, and faith issues confronting America.