Renee Poussaint a trailblazing Black History figure
Profile of Renee Poussaint co-anchor of WJLA-TV News 7 in Washington DC. The piece traces her diverse career from translator and dancer to editor, lecturer, and reporter. It covers her Tennessee sharecropping upbringing, Harlem roots, extensive studies, and early steps in television including WBBM-TV and CBS.
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Renee Poussaint
Wjla-Tv
News 7
Washington, D.C
Jean Leon Destine
Aiesec
Ms. Poussaint
New York
Tennessee
Spanish Harlem
Ms Poussaint
Island
Martinque
Sarah Law
Rence College
Paris
la Sorbonne
University of California
Indiana University
Yale University Law School
Renee
Michele Clark
Columbia University
Chicago
Wbbm-Tv
Renée Poussaint Acknowledged For Decades Of News Coverage
The interview highlights Ms. Poussaint as a CBS network reporter and local anchor with major coverage in the 70s and 80s. She earned multiple Emmys for reports from U.S. hostage homecomings and the Haiti migrant workers series Bitter Harvest, plus awards for religion in media and journalism leadership.
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Ms. Poussaint
CBS Network
CBS Energy
Martin Luther King Jr
Religion In
National Council On Family Relations
American Association of University Women
Chesapeake
AP Broadcasters Association
Maryland
National Association of Media Women
Wbbm-Tv
Black Americans.” News Reporting Does Not Occupy All of Ms. Poussaint
Washington, D.C
Folger Shakespeare Library
Capitol Ballet
National Kidney Foundation
Poussaint
Henry Richardson
Yale University
Temple University
Philadelphia
Renee Foussaint
Walkersville student meets Washington TV anchor Renee Poussaint
Walkersville Middle School sixth grader Amy Aguilar, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fernando Aguilar, wrote to Renee Poussaint of WJLA about her news show. Renee invited Amy to the studio where she interviewed the anchor and met the crew, including Paul Berry, Chris Gordon, and Willy the floor manager.
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Renee Poussaint
Wjla-Tv
Channel 7 News
Amy Aguilar
Walkersville
Walkersville Middle School
Amy
Fernando Aguilar
Walkeraville
Ponasaint
WJLA
Renee
Paul Berry
Chris Gordon
Willy
Max
Aguilar
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