| Summary: | Broadcast journalist Art Norman was born on September 6, 1947 in New York City. Norman graduated with his B.S. degree in math and physics from Johnson C. Smith University. He began his broadcasting career in 1969 as a television engineer at WCCB-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina. Throughout the 1970s, he worked as a reporter at Charlotte's WPCQ-TV and WSOC-TV and as a reporter and weekend anchor for Baltimore, Maryland's WMAR-TV. In July of 1982, he joined WMAQ-TV NBC5 in Chicago, Illinois as a general assignment reporter. At WMAQ, Norman covered breaking news, anchor broadcasts and cultivated community-oriented feature segments, including the popular Art Norman's Chicago. He retired from WMAQ in 2009, but returned on a part-time basis as a special contributor in 2012. His honors include an International Radio and Television News Directors Award, an Associated Press Award, and six Emmy Awards. He was also a spokesman for the United Negro College Fund.
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