The HistoryMakers video oral history with Maureen Bunyan.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 31 min., 40 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2012.230 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Bunyan, Maureen, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Maureen Bunyan |
| Portion of title | Maureen Bunyan |
| Abstract | Journalist Maureen Bunyan was born on the island of Aruba and immigrated to the United States. Bunyan received her B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; and her M. A. degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Education in 1980. She completed the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Training Program for Minority Journalists in 1970. She worked briefly for WCBS-TV, the flagship CBS owned-and-operated station in New York City. In 1973, Bunyan became news anchor and reporter at WTOP-TV (now WUSA-TV) in Washington, D. C. that was owned by Post-Newsweek Stations. In 1999, Bunyan joined WJLA-TV, an ABC affiliate, in Washington D.C. as a primary anchor. Her contract was terminated by WJLA's new owner, Sinclair Broadcasting, in 2017. She was one of the founding members of the National Association of Black Journalists and the International Women's Media Foundation. She won a number of awards, including several Emmys for her work. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 August 29. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2012.230 HistoryMakers |