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Veteran television host, social media influencer, and author, Shannon LaNier currently co-anchors the CW39’s Morning Show in Houston, TX. He also hosts the critically acclaimed podcast, “Daddy Duty 35” which features celebrity dads revealing the good, the bad and the funny of fatherhood. Previously, Shannon hosted Arise Entertainment 360, a daily culture and entertainment series that aired on BET's sister station, Centric, and was a correspondent and senior producer on Black Enterprise Magazine’s nationally syndicated shows, Black Enterprise Business Report and Our World with Black Enterprise. Shannon co-authored with Jane Feldman the Random House Inc. book Jefferson’s Children: The Story of One American Family, which follows his journey to uncover the history behind his heritage as a 9th generation direct descendent of President Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.