Terrence Nelson

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About Terrence Nelson

Terrence Nelson is an award-winning television and digital content producer with a passion for storytelling. Terrence has a specific passion for telling the stories of people who seldom have their stories told. Terrence began his journey in television with the vision to inform and educate audiences that had gone underrepresented in the media landscape. As a producer for TV One, Terrence produced segments for “News One Now,” the only morning news show geared towards the interests of the African American community. Terrence’s time with TV One afforded him the opportunity to produce segments featuring Misty Copeland, Kamala Harris, Issa Rae, Spike Lee, David Banner, and others. Continuing with the theme of representing the underrepresented Terrence currently serves as the managing broadcast producer for ESPN’s broadcast relationship with the Special Olympics. Acting as the liaison between ESPN & Special Olympics Terrence has played an integral role in producing the Special Olympics World Games hosted Abu Dhabi & Dubai. In 2017, Terrence was named one of Black Enterprise’s “100 BE Modern Men of Distinction” an honor reserved for extraordinary men of color. Terrence was also honored with “CNN’s iReport Editors Pick” for his coverage of the 2013 government shutdown. Terrence received his Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Master of Arts in Communications from Morgan State University.