Bill Disbrow
January 31, 2025
WRIC.com
(NEXSTAR) -Nexstar Media – the parent company of this website – is launching a series of stories for Black History Month, highlighting significant historical sites and cultural contributions across the United States that honor Black history. To kick off our coverage, three veteran reporters sat down to discuss the broader significance of their coverage for the special report at the top of this article.
Among the topics discussed is a deeper dive into our coverage of a surge in black-owned businesses from WHTM’s Valerie Pritchett, WFLA’s Deanne King delving into stories of everyday people working to fix systemic problems in black communities, and KSEE’s Sydney Charles reporting on the role Buffalo Soldiers played in protecting the natural resources that became our first national parks. Each journalist spoke not only about their reporting for this month, but about the career path that led them to becoming storytellers about the contributions of black Americans.