The HistoryMakers video oral history with Cheryl Burton.

Broadcast journalist Cheryl Burton was born December 25, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois. She received her B.S. degree in psychology and biology from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1984. She worked as a special education teacher for two years. IN 1989, Burton began her broadcasting car...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Burton, Cheryl, 1962- (Interviewee)
Richardson, Julieanna L. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Burton, Cheryl, > 1962- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Broadcast Journalist.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 35 min., 2 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Cheryl Burton
Cheryl Burton
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Broadcast journalist Cheryl Burton was born December 25, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois. She received her B.S. degree in psychology and biology from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1984. She worked as a special education teacher for two years. IN 1989, Burton began her broadcasting career, as co-anchor of "MBR: The Minority Business Report" for WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois. She was hired as a reporter at WMBD-TV in Peoria, Illinois in 1990, and served as an anchor for KWCH-DT in Wichita, Kansas, from 1990 to 1992. Burton joined Chicago's WLS-TV ABC 7 in 1992, where she was the 5 p.m. weekday co-anchor and 10 p.m. contributing anchor. Her honors included three Chicago Association of Black Journalists awards, National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence International Award, and several Emmy Awards. She served on the boards of the Life with Lupus Guild and the Multicultural Dance Center.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:04:35:02
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2014 May 20.
Source of Description:
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