Dante Higgins

Andante Higgins, a San Francisco native, has worked in television news for a decade with the last seven years in New York City. Dante worked for most of this time in network news at CBS, where he continues as producer. Mr. Higgins recently joined Al Jazeera America's staff as a News Editor.
Dante also finds time to freelance an adjunct professor of journalism at City College of New York and on other projects as producer, videographer and editor for various outlets including: NYPOST.COM, 100 Black Men of New York, The Eagle Academy Foundation, Kaiser Family Foundation, ImageNation Films, the John A. Hartford Foundation, and the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc.
While at CBS News, Dante was embedded for nine months with Senator John McCain on the presidential campaign trail with duties ranging from reporter to producer, DV cameraman and interviewee for radio. He brought in raw, up-to-the minute information and video while publishing multiple daily blog posts.
Prior to this assignment, Dante worked for CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, producing daily newsbreaks, cutting voice-overs, coordinating all tape, and producing headlines as well as teases for the broadcast. He held other posts at CBS News researching stories, setting up and conducting interviews, as well as shooting and producing pieces.
Dante came to New York after his time on the Health Team in Dallas at KXAS, an NBC affiliate. There he produced daily urban health stories in addition to general assignment stories and special projects surrounding the Olympics.
Dante trained at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. At UC Berkeley he reported an array of stories for both print and television. He developed a passion for covering social issues like economic justice and health disparities and produced a series on HIV/AIDS in the African-American community. He also produced the documentary "Bay View Hunter's Point: San Francisco's Last Black Neighborhood." Prior to graduate school, Dante attended Clark Atlanta University for his undergraduate studies, majoring in television production. While in Atlanta, Dante worked at CNN, V-103 radio, and The Weather Channel.
Before moving into journalism, Dante worked in the non-profit sector serving "youth at risk" at the Breakthrough Foundation and at Potrero Hill Neighborhood House. He was also appointed to the "Delinquency Prevention Commission" by SF Supervisor Tom Ammiano and served as the commission's youngest presiden