This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Kevin Merida, Executive Editor of The Los Angeles Times since June 2021 after a career that has included tenures at ESPN and The Dallas Morning News.
National Association of Black Journalists
Leslie “Les” Payne (Ep. 39, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. remembers the late Leslie “Les” Payne, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and former Associate Managing Editor of Newsday. Payne, whose reporting, editing and leadership helped bring Newsday national and international prominence, died in March, 2018 at the age of 76.
Yvette M. Miley (Ep. 47, 2017)
In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Yvette M. Miley, Senior Vice President for MSNBC and NBC News and 2017 recipient of the Chuck Stone Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Association of Black Journalists.