The HistoryMakers video oral history with Diann Burns.

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 56 min., 8 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11317766
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Varying Form of Title:History Makers video oral history with Diann Burns
Diann Burns
Other authors / contributors:Burns, Diann, 1958- interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., 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.
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2001 May 23.
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Summary:Television news anchor Diann Burns was born September 29, 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her B. A. degree in politics and mass communications from Cleveland State University; her master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. She began her career as a general assignment print reporter with the Cleveland Plain Dealer. She was also sports editor, photographer and reporter at the black-owned Cleveland Call and Post. Her first job as broadcast reporter was at WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio. Later, she worked at the Independent Network News of New York. In 1994, Burns was named co-anchor of the nightly news at the ABC Chicago affiliate WLS-7, becoming the first African American woman to occupy this position in Chicago. Burns supported several charitable organizations, including the Northern Illinois Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society; and the Support Group, an organization that assists high school students with tutorial assistance and social services.