Detroit Free Press Pictures on the Radio: From the Frontlines of History with NPR News, a new book featuring the work of former Detroit Free Press photographer David P. Gilkey, chronicles Gilkey s time with National Public Radio covering wars, natural disasters and political strife in Afghanistan, Haiti and Gaza along with coverage of American war veterans.
Gilkey was killed by the Taliban while on assignment for NPR in Afghanistan in 2016. An Afghan translator, Zabihullah Tamanna, was also killed. The death of Gilkey, considered one of the world s best photojournalists, made headlines worldwide.
Before working for NPR, Gilkey worked at the Free Press from 1996 to 2007. During his time at the newspaper, he made numerous trips into troubled countries like Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. Through his lens, Free Press readers saw the horror of war and the toll it takes on citizens and soldiers.
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Oprah Winfrey Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of Oprah Winfrey, who hosted the award-winning “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
Personal
Birth place: Kosciusko, Mississippi
Father: Vernon Winfrey, a barber
Mother: Vernita Lee, a maid (parents never married)
Education: Tennessee State University, B.A., Speech and Performing Arts, 1976
Other Facts
At age 19, while still a sophomore in college, becomes the youngest and first African-American anchor for WTVF-TV in Nashville.
Winfrey’s first name is spelled Orpah on her birth certificate but there was confusion over how to pronounce the name, so the spelling was changed to Oprah. In an interview with the Academy of Achievement, Winfrey explained that her aunt chose the name Orpah as a bible reference. Winfrey said that she’s happy the spelling got switched to Oprah because backwards it spells Harpo.
Chief meteorologist emeritus Dick Rice passes away at age 80
Dick Rice, the longest-serving meteorologist on local television in Northeast Mississippi, died from the coronavirus Saturday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was 80.
Posted: Jan 16, 2021 7:50 PM
Updated: Jan 18, 2021 1:29 PM
Posted By: Craig Ford
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) Dick Rice, the longest-serving meteorologist on local television in Northeast Mississippi, died from the coronavirus Saturday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was 80.
Rice first appeared on local television in 1979 when WTVA hired him after his more than two decades in the U.S. Navy to do the weather for the morning and midday newscasts.
For a kid from Pekin – for a kid from anywhere – Jack Rosenberg led an amazing life.
Not everybody can say they helped transform televised coverage of sports. And that coverage helped transform local lovable losers into a major-league baseball franchise with national appeal.
Rosenberg died last weekend in Chicago. He was 94.
For more than 40 years, Rosenberg was sports editor at WGN radio and television in Chicago. He joined others with Peoria-area lineage in creating what became a TV sports superstation that beamed Chicago Cubs games into living rooms across the country.
Rosenberg helped Cubs voices Jack Brickhouse and Harry Caray become Baseball Hall of Fame award-winners and national personalities. Rosenberg also shepherded scores of budding broadcasters and earned a sterling reputation in his profession.