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National Association
of Black Journalists
Located at the
UNIVERSITY
OF MARYLAND
8701-A Adelphi Road
Adelphi, Md.
20783-1716
(301) 445-7100
(301) 445-7101 fax
nabj@nabj.org
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JUNE 2004
 Ralph
Wiley, sportswriter for Sports Illustrated, ESPN
Wiley, a Knoxville College graduate, died June 13, 2004, at 52 of a heart
ailment.
Caesar
Alsop, Philadelphia Daily News Sports Editor
Alsop, who had suffered heart problems for years and
had been recently hospitalized, died Saturday, June 5, friends and co-workers
said. He was 53.
MAY 2004
William Brower
1916-2004 |
NABJ's
1996 Lifetime Achievement Winner dies
William Brower, former associate editor at The
Blade in Toledo, Ohio, who employed many journalistic skills in
his 50 years at the newspaper, passed away on May 28. He was 87.
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DECEMBER 2003
Ayesha Judkins |
NABJ student leader
remembered for 'spunk'
Ayesha Judkins was an aspiring journalist and the vice
president of her student chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists
when she was killed in a drunken driving crash on Dec. 28, 2003. |
NOVEMBER 2003
Prentis
Rogers
Prentis Rogers, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor
and sports columnist, died Nov. 23, 2003, following surgery Monday at
South Fulton Medical Center.
Harmon
Perry
During a long career as a photojournalist for the Atlanta
Daily World and other black publications, Harmon Perry documented
Atlanta history.
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OCTOBER 2003
Faith Fancher
 Veteran
Bay Area broadcaster and longtime NABJ supporter Faith Fancher passed
away Oct. 20, 2003, after a long battle with breast cancer.
Fancher, who was a senior reporter with KTVU TV in
Oakland, died in her home on a Sunday afternoon with her family nearby.
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AUGUST 2003
 Legendary
journalist Frank Bolden
Frank Bolden Bolden, who had won
the NABJ Legacy Award in 2003 in Dallas, of the The Pittsburgh Courier,
passed on Aug. 28, 2003. He is one of the first two African-American reporters
credentialed by the War Department to cover World War II. |
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Back to Our Folks
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| In Memoriam |
View a video
tribute to those journalists
who made significant contributions to the profession before passing
on in 2003.
(Requires QuickTime.) |
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