WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Black
Journalists mourns the loss of journalism pioneer and CBS 60 Minutes
correspondent Ed Bradley. He died on November 9 of leukemia at the age of
65.
"Ed Bradley was a consummate professional who defined investigative
journalism for a generation," said NABJ President Bryan Monroe, vice
president and editorial director for Ebony and Jet magazines in Chicago.
"His interviewing skills were second to none. As a member and a friend, we
will miss him greatly."
Bradley joined CBS News' 60 Minutes during the 1981-1982 season. He was
a broadcast journalism icon who won nearly 20 Emmy awards.
"Ed was style and substance," said Barbara Ciara, NABJ Vice President
for Broadcast. "He helped shatter the color barrier at CBS, but he defined
cool when he decided to sport an earring on the hallowed airwaves of 60
Minutes."
It was with his freelance coverage of the 1965 Philadelphia riots that
Bradley landed his first job as a radio reporter at WDAS-FM. He would later
move on to join WCBS Radio in New York City.
"It doesn't seem like it was a lifetime ago when we held the first
meetings in New York---just a small band of brothers and sisters new to
this business of journalism," Bradley shared during his acceptance speech
of the 2005 NABJ Lifetime Achievement Award. "There weren't many of us then
but we knew we needed to be together. It gives me great pleasure to know
that I was there at the gestation of one of the early black journalists
association."
In 1976, after Bradley's coverage of President Carter's election
campaign, he was assigned to cover politics in the nation's capital and
became the first African American White House correspondent.
Bradley's career also included stints as an anchor for CBS Sunday Night
News and CBS Reports.
In addition to the 2005 NABJ Lifetime Achievement Award, Bradley also
received two NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards for his story on the life of
Ray Charles and his expose, "The Murder of Emmett Till". At the 2006 Salute
to Excellence Awards, he was recognized for his report "Bridge to Gretna".
An advocacy group established in 1975 in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the
largest organization of journalists of color in the nation, with more than
4,000 members, and provides educational, career development and support to
black journalists worldwide.
SOURCE National Association of Black Journalists
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