The HistoryMakers video oral history with Allison J. Davis.

Television and non-profit executive Allison Jeanne Davis was born on April 7, 1953, in New York City. She earned her B. S. degree in journalism from Boston University in 1975. Davis began her career as a writer, producer and reporter for WBZ-TV in Boston and KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. From 1981 until 19...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Davis, Allison Jeanne, 1953- (Interviewee)
Richardson, Julieanna L. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Davis, Allison Jeanne, > 1953- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Television Executive > Non-profit Executive.
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., 10 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Allison J. Davis
Allison J. Davis
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
Television and non-profit executive Allison Jeanne Davis was born on April 7, 1953, in New York City. She earned her B. S. degree in journalism from Boston University in 1975. Davis began her career as a writer, producer and reporter for WBZ-TV in Boston and KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. From 1981 until 1998, she served as an executive producer for NBC News and MSNBC, where she built a team of "cyberjournalists," and helped launch MSNBC.com. Davis developed, wrote and produced The Scholastic-NBC News Video, and worked as a writer and producer for the NBC News' Today morning news program. From 1998 to 2004, she served as senior vice president/creative of CBS and Dunbar Productions, affiliated with TV host Bryant Gumbel. Davis was vice president of the Jackie Robinson Foundation; director of communications at Riverside Church in New York; and a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:04:10:30
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded New York, New York 2014 January 13.
Source of Description:
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