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WWJ reporter Vickie Thomas announces retirement
The Detroit News
Award-winning longtime WWJ Newsradio 950-AM reporter Vickie Thomas is retiring this month, she announced Friday on Twitter. It s been an amazing ride working with the outstanding professionals at WWJ . the BEST news team around! the broadcaster tweeted. I ve truly been blessed!!
Thomas, the city beat reporter at WWJ, said her last day on air is April 29 but she plans to continue a weekly podcast, Black Business Minute.
The Metro Detroit native joined the station in 1991.
During her career she earned honors from groups including the Detroit Press Foundation, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, the Michigan Associated Press and the National Association of Black Journalists, according to the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, into which she was inducted in 2019.
Marjorie Parham, publisher emerita of the Cincinnati Herald, dead at 103 Cincinnati Councilwoman Yvetta Simpson presents a resolution to honor Majorie Parham as a community leader and honor her more than 30 years of service as the owner and publisher of the Cincinnati Herald. (Source: The Enquirer/Kareem Elgazzar) By Anne Saker | April 15, 2021 at 8:43 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 8:44 PM
CINCINNATI (Enquirer) - Marjorie Parham, an accidental publisher who took control of the Cincinnati Herald after her husbandâs death and for more than 30 years made the newspaper a guide star for the regionâs Black residents as well as the city, died Wednesday, according to our media partners at the Enquirer.
Interim journalism Dean Bettye A. Grable describes Godwin as a consummate, highly experienced, innovative executive media management professional whose leadership is inspirational.
“She raised funding for our journalism programs and motivated other alumni to do the same,” Grable said. “Most importantly Kim focused on helping students access and garner internships and jobs with some of the most respected award-winning global media corporations.”
Kim Godwin comes to ABC after 14 years at CBS News
Godwin, who has spent the past 14 years at CBS News, was appointed executive vice president of news in February 2019. She was in charge of overseeing the launch of the CBS Evening News with Norah O Donnell.