Ebony Pep Talk
Ebony Pep Talk is digital mentorship scheme for African descendant journalists to listen to the voices of award-winning journalists of the same background to bolster engagement, promotions, and retention in newsrooms.
Episodes
7 episodes
Vladimir Duthiers, Featured Host of CBS Mornings
Forty-year-old journalism intern turned Featured Host of CBS Mornings - the weekday program alongside Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson. Duthiers began pursuing his journalism career at 40-years-old. He says he went home crying after ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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25:34

Erika Pulley-Hayes, NPR Board of Directors & General Manager of WAMU [NPR's Washington, D.C. station]
"WAMU 88.5 FM has been no. 1 in the DMV [D.C. Maryland Virginia area] consistently for almost three years," Erika Pulley-Hayes, WAMU General Manager for the past three years.Erika's PEP TALK to herself: "Girl, you've got this!"
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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22:59

Sheila Solomon, Board Chair of City Bureau
Sheila Solomon, 72, host of Senior Planet's new podcast, Aging Rewired. That's just one of the many hats she's worn in her award-winning journalism career.
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Episode 2
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14:48

Dorothy Tucker, Immediate Past President of the National Association of Black Journalists
The Immediate Past President of NABJ, Dorothy Tucker, hasn't missed a NABJ Convention since 1979. ''Now I'm in the room with the President of CBS, ABC, the Publisher of the New York Times, the Editor-in-Chief of the Miami Herald.'' Here's her a...
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Episode 3
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28:33

Ken Lemon, President of the National Association of Black Journalists
Ken Lemon has stacked merit from a three-time Emmy winner to an Edward Murrow recipient, not to mention being the top pick as 23rd President-Elect for the National Association of Black Journalists, the largest organization for journalists of co...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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10:54
Danielle Belton, Editor-in-Chief of HuffPost
''I married at 23, divorced by 24, didn't drink until I was about 25, and didn't try 🍃💨 until I was 36,'' says Danielle Belton, Editor-in-Chief of HuffPost.We're not just journalists.. Get to know the full human. Ebony Pep Talk.
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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