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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Elinor Tatum
Elinor Tatum
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| Other authors / contributors: | Tatum, Elinor Ruth, 1971- interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Recorded New York, New York 2013 November 11.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Newspaper publisher Elinor Ruth Tatum was born on January 29, 1971 in New York City. Tatum graduated from St. Lawrence University with her B.A. degree in government studies in 1993. She went on to attend Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden, where she studied international relations until 1994. Upon returning from Sweden, Tatum joined her father, Wilbert Tatum, at the New York Amsterdam News, where she accepted a position as assistant to the publisher. In 1996, she was promoted to associate publisher and chief operating officer. Tatum received her M.A. degree in journalism from New York University in 1997 and was promoted to publisher and editor-in-chief of the New York Amsterdam News, becoming one of the youngest publishers in the history of African American press. Tatum also produced and co-hosted a weekly segment of Al Sharpton's Weekly Radio Show Keep'in It Real. She was the former secretary of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
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