The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sandra Long Weaver.

Journalist Sandra Dawson Long Weaver was born on June 25, 1952. She received her B.S. degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in 1974. Long Weaver was hired as a staff reporter for the News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware. She worked for Philadelphia's Evening Bulletin as a reporter, co...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Long Weaver, Sandra Dawson, 1952- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Long Weaver, Sandra Dawson, > 1952- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
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 (7 video files (3 hr., 15 min., 43 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Sandra Long Weaver
Sandra Long Weaver
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
Journalist Sandra Dawson Long Weaver was born on June 25, 1952. She received her B.S. degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in 1974. Long Weaver was hired as a staff reporter for the News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware. She worked for Philadelphia's Evening Bulletin as a reporter, copy editor and editorial writer before joining the staff of Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC and the Philadelphia Inquirer as a correspondent in 1984, where she went on to become the first African American female managing editor. In 2008, Long Weaver was named vice president of newsroom operations for Philadelphia Media Holdings. In 2010, she established and became president and chief executive officer of the Dawson Media Group, and then worked as communications coordinator for United Methodist Communications and editorial director for the Tennessee Tribune. She launched Tea and Conversations with African American women in 2014. Long Weaver was a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:03:15:43
Credits:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Nashville, Tennessee 2014 April 23.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.