Shernay Williams

Shernay Williams is a freelance journalist with more than a decade of cross-platform journalism and content strategy experience. After launching her journalism career at a local newspaper, she transitioned to TV as a reporter, anchor and producer. She’s covered everything from mayoral races to education to the heroin epidemic.

During a break from journalism, she ran a content firm, served as an entrepreneurship consultant and launched a national directory and resources platform for Black mompreneurs.

With fresh perspective, she returned to journalism as a freelancer. In 2024, her traveling food series for TheGrio was named a Webby Honoree. She currently reports and produces video stories about Baltimore-area medical breakthroughs and consumer news for Ivanhoe Broadcast News. She also interviews business and community leaders as a reporter for ABC27 in Harrisburg, PA. Her written and video work have also appeared in MarketWatch, Barron’s, Fast Company, Comcast Newsmakers, Kiplinger, Inc, and various local news outlets. Shernay serves on the leadership team of The Institute for Independent Journalists and is chair of the National Association of Black Journalists' Entrepreneurship Task Force.