Deggans came to NPR in 2013 from the
Tampa Bay Times, where he served a TV/Media Critic and in other roles for nearly 20 years. A journalist for more than 20 years, he is also the author of
Deggans is also currently a media analyst/contributor for MSNBC and NBC News. In August 2013, he guest hosted CNN s media analysis show
Reliable Sources, joining a select group of journalists and media critics filling in for departed host Howard Kurtz. The same month, Deggans was awarded the Florida Press Club s first-ever Diversity award, honoring his coverage of issues involving race and media. He received the Legacy award from the National Association of Black Journalists A&E Task Force, an honor bestowed to seasoned A&E journalists who are at the top of their careers. And in 2019, he was named winner of the American Sociological Association s Excellence in the Reporting of Social Justice Issues Award.
Ziwe Previews New Variety Show: I’m Trying to Punch Up at the Powerful
Courtesy of Greg Endries/SHOWTIME You can’t have a show that pushes boundaries without getting to the edge. I think the goal is not going over [it] too much.”
With about three months to go before the premiere of her new Showtime project, Ziwe Fumudoh offered a bit of a preview for the variety series with reporters on Tuesday insisting that she’s not courting controversy. She is, however, happy to find it.
“I don’t seek controversy, I’d just to say something with my art,” says Ziwe, the writer and comedian best known for her series of confrontational Instagram Live interviews. “Ultimately, I’m trying to punch up at the powerful. You can’t have a show that pushes boundaries without getting to the edge. I think the goal is not going over [it] too much.”
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Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a panel for the Hulu documentary Hillary during the Winter TCA (Television Critics Association) Press Tour in Pasadena, California January 17, 2020. Reuters pic
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NEW YORK, Feb 24 Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state who ran against Donald Trump for president in 2016, is to publish a suspense thriller with Canadian author Louise Penny in October, publishers Simon & Schuster and St. Martin’s Press said Tuesday.
State of Terror will be on bookshelves on October 12, the publishers said, and will tell the story of a novice secretary of state serving in the administration of her political rival as a “series of terrorist attacks throws the global order into disarray.”