Norman Hollis Robinson (born 1951)[1] is an American former journalist, known for his reporting in New Orleans and his questioning of David Duke during an infamous debate in the 1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election.
After service as a musician in the United States Marine Corps, he began his career in broadcast journalism on radio in Southern California and then worked successively in television in Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans prior to being awarded a Nieman Fellowship to Harvard University.
Jason Berry of the Los Angeles Times called it "startling TV" and the "catalyst" for the "overwhelming" turnout of black voters that helped former Governor Edwin Edwards defeat Duke.
[5] In June 2008 Robinson was furloughed by WDSU after being arrested for driving while intoxicated but returned to work a month later.
[7] In an April 2009 testimony concerning the role of the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, Robinson said that post-Katrina trauma, including loss of his home: He is a member of Golden Key International Honour Society and a deacon at Central St. Matthew United Church of Christ in New Orleans.