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Eric Paulsen, the legendary WWL news anchor, died on Saturday following a battle with cancer. He served the Greater New Orleans community for over 40 years.
Nathaniel Talbott Thayer was born in 1960 [1] in Washington, D.C. [2] He was the son of Joan Pirie Leclerc and Harry E. T. Thayer, who was United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1980 to 1985. [2]
Marshall Allen (March 20, 1972 – May 19, 2024) was an American journalist who, with Alex Richards, won the 2011 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for reporting on patient safety in Las Vegas hospitals as a reporter at the Las Vegas Sun. The series of articles was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting in 2011. [1 ...
Upon his return stateside, he started his broadcasting career at WKRG in 1969. He served in several different roles, including announcer and reporter, before becoming a lead news anchor in 1980. Showers was among the first people of color to anchor a newscast on the Gulf Coast, breaking racial barriers. He retired from full-time work at WKRG in ...
A year later, in 1968, Renick made history again by hiring South Florida's first black reporter, C.T. Taylor. Renick pushed WTVJ to pioneer video tape and ENG ( Electronic News Gathering ) in late 1974 and by November 1975 had the state's first truly mobile live truck up and running.
In 1962 he became the first Black network news correspondent for ABC television network as a United Nations (UN) reporter. He reportedly received this position after baseball player Jackie Robinson , who was the first Black player in the major leagues , complained to ABC executives about the lack of Black reporters.
Rossen worked as a reporter at WUTR-TV, the ABC affiliate in Utica, New York. [when?] He also worked in Syracuse, New York at ABC affiliate WIXT-TV, and at Fox affiliate WJBK-TV in Detroit before joining WABC-TV in May 2001. While at WJBK he covered the death of Kayla Rolland, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Flint, Michigan.
Terry Alan Anderson (October 27, 1947 – April 21, 2024) was an American journalist and combat veteran. He reported for the Associated Press. [1] In 1985, he was taken hostage by Shia Hezbollah militants of the Islamic Jihad Organization in Lebanon [2] and held until 1991.