Ed Bradley made our stories prime-time news: veteran CBS News correspondent succumbs to leukemia.DURING ED BRADLEY'S 25 SEASONS WITH CBS'S 60 Minutes, he earned 20 Emmy awards for investigative pieces that included a riveting report on the reopening of the 50-year-old Emmett Till Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till (July 25 1941 – August 28 1955) was a fourteen year old African-American boy from Chicago, Illinois brutally murdered [1] in Money, Mississippi, a small town in the state's Delta region. murder case. The long-revered network trailblazer, who was the first black correspondent at the White House, passed away on Nov. 9, 2006, at the age of 65. Bradley joined CBS News in September 1971 as a stringer and went on to report several of the most historically significant segments of his lifetime. The brutal murder of Till, a 14-year-old African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. , in Mississippi, mobilized the civil rights movement after the two white suspects were acquitted. In the groundbreaking report, Bradley discovered that more than a dozen people may have been involved in the murder. "His storytelling was excellent," says Bob Butler, a former CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. executive based in San Francisco. Bradley's legacy continues to speak volumes to many aspiring black journalists. "He developed a level of trust among his audience that changed the atmosphere for those who followed. He provided a model of excellence," says Michele Norris, host of the National Public Radio show All Things Considered All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets. . In 2005, Bradley was the recipient of the National Association of Black Journalists The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), was founded in 1975 by 44 men and women in Washington, D.C. Headquartered at the University of Maryland, College Park and with 3300 members, it is the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation. Lifetime Achievement Award. Bryan Monroe, president of NABJ NABJ National Association of Black Journalists and vice president and editorial director for Ebony and let magazines, says Bradley's interviews had a rhythm of their own. "His love for jazz really infected his journalism. He'd be prepared, but just like a jazz musician, he would be open to improvisation." |
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