The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robin Robinson.

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robin Robinson.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 53 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:	English
Subject:	Robinson, Robin, -- 1957- -- Interviews. African Americans -- Interviews. African Americans. Internet videos. Interviews. Nonfiction films. Oral histories. Oral histories. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11313200

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Varying Form of Title:	History Makers video oral history with Robin Robinson Robin Robinson
Other authors / contributors:	Robinson, Robin, 1957- interviewee. Butler, Cheryl, interviewer. Stearns, Scott, director of photography. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Videographer, Scott Stearns. Cheryl Butler, interviewer. Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2008 February 7. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	Television anchor Robin Carolle Robinson was born on August 4, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from high school, Robinson went on to attend San Diego State University where she pursued her B.A. degree in journalism. She then worked for KGTV in San Diego. In 1981, Robinson was hired by WBBM-TV, Chicago's CBS affiliate, as an anchor. She worked there until 1987, when she joined the staff at WFLD-TV Fox News Chicago. As an anchorwoman for Fox, Robinson has received numerous awards for her performances, particularly for her coverage of the Great Chicago Flood, the funeral of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, and series on Child Abuse Prevention and heroin addiction. Robinson was a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and served on the board of directors of South Central Community Services, Inc.

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 53 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color. 015330
Playing Time:	01:53:30
Production Credits:	Videographer, Scott Stearns.