By the late 1990s, Don Lemon was back East working in Philadelphia for the local NBC affiliate and soon found himself back in New York as a correspondent for the "Today" show, as well as "NBC Nightly News" (via BlackPast.org). A stint anchoring the evening news for the local NBC Chicago affiliate eventually led Lemon to CNN's Atlanta newsroom in 2006, and he's remained with the network ever since, spending most of his time reporting out of CNN's New York bureau, according to his network bio.
After eight years with CNN, Lemon began anchoring "CNN Tonight" in 2014, but his career has not been limited to cable news. Lemon also published a No. 1 New York Times best-selling book with "This Is The Fire: What I Have To Say To My Friends About Racism" in early 2021 and also returned to his alma mater as an adjunct professor of broadcast journalism at Brooklyn College (via CNN).
Lemon's CNN salary was reported to be $4 million a year, per Celebrity Net Worth, which brings Lemon's total net worth to $12 million as of this writing.
