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BRENDA BLACKMON is one of the most recognizable and
talented journalists in the nation’s number one television
market-New York. She joined the news team at WWOR-TV in 1990 and
became an Emmy award winning reporter and role model for her community.
She has won numerous awards for journalism and has
received community citations and notable honors.
- The
Urban/Black Entertainment Report says, “She
has such a warm, engaging and effervescent personality you
can’t help but like her instantly.”
- The
Network Journal recognized her as one of the “25 Most
Influential Black Women in Business”, redefining excellence.
- Her
hometown of Columbus, Georgia honored her as “One of the
Century’s Most Influential”. She was
influential indeed, making history as the city’s first African
American News Anchor
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Brenda has done it all: reporter, film editor,
film photographer, talk show host for television and radio, show
producer, writer, and TV anchorwoman for decades.
Brenda graduated Magna Cum Laude from Fairleigh
Dickinson University and has received two honorary doctorates. She
is now working on her MBA.
Brenda says, "I believe as it is written in Isaiah
56:1, 'Be just and fair to all. Do what’s right and
good.' ”
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