Updating with list of survivors, funeral arrangements; donations may be made to the National Association of Black Journalists.
Marjorie Parham, an accidental publisher who took control of the Cincinnati Herald after her husband’s death and for more than 30 years made the newspaper a guide star for the region’s Black residents as well as the city, died Tuesday. She was 103.
Dr. Rhonda Spillers Washington, Parham s granddaughter, said Parham died in her sleep at her longtime home in the Cottingham retirement community in Sharonville. Washington said Parham had otherwise been in good health with no COVID and had been vaccinated in December.
Bob Johnson named news leader for MLive’s The Saginaw News, The Bay City Times
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Bob Johnson is named the news leader for MLive s The Saginaw News and The Bay City Times. (Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com)Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com
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SAGINAW, MI Longtime MLive reporter Bob Johnson has been named news leader for the The Saginaw News and The Bay City Times.
Johnson, 44, was appointed interim news leader in February 2021, following the death of his predecessor, veteran journalist Eric English.
Johnson is a Saginaw native and Delta College alumnus.
“I am honored to lead a team of great journalists who work hard to keep our communities informed,” Johnson said. “I look forward to our team telling the great stories in our area and reporting on the issues that affect our communities.”
Acclaimed city beat reporter Vickie Thomas announced on Thursday that she is retiring from Detroit s WWJ-AM (950).
Thomas posted on Twitter that she ll be leaving the station after 30 years, but listeners will still be able to hear my #BlackBusinessMinute each week. It s been an amazing ride working with the outstanding professionals at WWJ.the BEST news team around! I ve truly been blessed!!, she wrote.
Her last day on the air will be April 29.
Inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in 2019, Thomas grew up in Highland Park and became interested in journalism as a student at Detroit s Henry Ford High School.
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