For more than a decade Gray worked as a reporter for TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
Between 2010 and 2012 he was TIME's Washington correspondent covering the intersection of politics, policy and business.
His coverage has included Barack Obama, the Great Recession, poverty, education, criminal justice reform, the global food industry, corporate governance, BP's response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, the same-sex marriage debate, Hurricane Katrina, and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
degree in journalism from Howard University, where he was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Hilltop.
He has provided analysis on National Public Radio, PBS, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.