DeWayne
Wickham, Dean of Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism
and Communication, joined me for a discussion on this pivotal issue.
Dean Wickham began his journalism career in 1973, during the Watergate scandal that forced the resignation of President Richard Nixon. That introduction to the rough and tumble interplay between journalism and American politics has shaped his career.
In nearly four decades as a journalist, Wickham has reported on eight U.S. presidents, dined with Fidel Castro in Havana, accompanied Jean Bertrand Aristide on his return to Haiti from exile, traveled with Nelson Mandela on his eight-city tour of the United States following his release from a South Africa prison, and followed then presidential candidate Barack Obama to Paris for his historic campaign trip to the French capital.
During his journalism career, Wickham has worked for US News & World Report, The (Baltimore) Sun, WBAL-TV, CBS News, BET and USA Today, where he has written a syndicated column since 1985.
The author of four books, Wickham is a founding member and former president of the National Association of Black Journalists. Prior to coming to Morgan State University, he was Scholar-in-Residence and Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Delaware State University, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Distinguished Professor of Journalism and chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at North Carolina A&T State University.
Dean Wickham began his journalism career in 1973, during the Watergate scandal that forced the resignation of President Richard Nixon. That introduction to the rough and tumble interplay between journalism and American politics has shaped his career.
In nearly four decades as a journalist, Wickham has reported on eight U.S. presidents, dined with Fidel Castro in Havana, accompanied Jean Bertrand Aristide on his return to Haiti from exile, traveled with Nelson Mandela on his eight-city tour of the United States following his release from a South Africa prison, and followed then presidential candidate Barack Obama to Paris for his historic campaign trip to the French capital.
During his journalism career, Wickham has worked for US News & World Report, The (Baltimore) Sun, WBAL-TV, CBS News, BET and USA Today, where he has written a syndicated column since 1985.
The author of four books, Wickham is a founding member and former president of the National Association of Black Journalists. Prior to coming to Morgan State University, he was Scholar-in-Residence and Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Delaware State University, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Distinguished Professor of Journalism and chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at North Carolina A&T State University.
The episode premiered on YouTube on October 23, 2013.
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