PABJ 1973
FROM THE LEGENDS WHO LIVED IT

REGGIE BRYANT

 

Reggie Bryant was working at several places when PABJ was founded, including WPEN, and WMGK. He also worked on "Black Perspectives on the News," a news program on WHYY that featured prominent newsmakers.

Founding of PABJ was something the early journalists were "forced to do," he said. "There was absolutely blatant racism in the city's newsrooms. The newsrooms were all white at the newspapers, radio and television, and those blacks who were in got terrible treatment."

He saw the organization as one that could be an advocate for black journalists who were being treated unfairly by their companies. He also hoped that the group would become a major force in making the industry more accountable.

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