He covered events from the Kennedy assassination to the September 11 attacks and beyond.
Journalism
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Kathryn Johnson was an Associated Press journalist who was there for some of the most pivotal events of the Civil Rights Movement.
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It’s more than just someone’s death notice—it’s also their life story, preserved to make sure the world remembers them.
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She won an Emmy in 2018 for her coverage of the Las Vegas shooting.
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Now student journalists are telling the stories of the kids who’ve died…
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What can we learn from these black celebrities’ lives?
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News Obituaries
Simeon Booker (1918–2017), first full-time African-American reporter at The Washington Post
by Kirk FoxHis courageous coverage of the civil rights movement brought it national attention.
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Obit writers from around the globe gathered at Legacy this October.
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Rita Henley Jensen, founder of Women’s eNews and the Jane Crow Project, died Oct. 18 of breast cancer, according to her daughter, Ariel Jensen-Vargas. She was 70.
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Podcast listeners share their sympathies for the “tortured genius.”