PABJ 1973
FROM THE LEGENDS WHO LIVED IT


FOUNDERS AND EARLY MEMBERS

Mal Johnson, a founding member, was a television reporter at the former WKBS in Philadelphia. She became the treasurer of PABJ after the original treasurer moved to Paris. Shortly afterward, she moved to Washington, D.C., to become a correspondent for Cox Broadcasting Co., where she worked for 27 years before retiring. She now consults and serves on many boards, including the International Association of Women in Radio & Television, and is a world traveler. She worked with Paul Brock, NABJ's first executive director, in Washington to assemble letters and lists of journalists for the formation of NABJ in 1975.

Harold Yates was a producer and director at KYW in the early days of PABJ. He became a member at the November 1974 meeting. He created City Lights, and other public affairs shows and documentaries at KYW. He hired Acel Moore, Jerry Mondesire, Karen Warrington and others to do commentary on a show hosted by Malcolm Poindexter. Yates left TV in 1983 and began Docu-Vision, a freelance videography company, where he continues his work in film.

Garland Thompson joined the organization soon after it was founded. Currently, he teaches a course on social problems at Delaware County College and geography at Temple University. He is the content manager for the U.S. Black Engineers and Information Technology Magazine and U.S. Hispanic Engineers and Information Technology Magazine. He formerly worked for the Baltimore Sun.

Malcolm Poindexter was an early member of the organization and worked at KYW-TV at the time. He is currently semi-retired.

Don Camp was one of the founding members. At the time he was a photographer for the Evening and Sunday Bulletin. Don is now Artist in Residence at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa. He made the transition to fine arts and "is loving it." He was a Guggenheim Fellow, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and received a Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Award. His works can be found in museums and private homes across the country.

Sandra Long traveled from her home in Wilmington, where she worked at the News Journal in 1974, to attend meetings of ABJ. She is a founding member of NABJ. Currently, she is a deputy managing editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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