- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (12 video files (5 hr., 57 min., 56 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Magazine editor, television producer, and newspaper reporter Monroe Anderson was born on April 6, 1947 in Gary, Indiana. After graduating from high school in Gary, Anderson attended Indiana University and obtained a B.A. degree in journalism and English literature. Anderson then worked as a reporter at the National Observer, an assistant editor at Ebony magazine and a correspondent for Newsweek prior to launching his career in Chicago, Illinois. From 1983 to 1985, Anderson wrote a column for the Chicago Tribune, where he was a reporter for ten years. In the late 1980s, Anderson worked as the press secretary for Chicago Mayor Eugene Sawyer. Later in his career, Anderson taught feature writing at Columbia College Chicago, and for thirteen years, he was director of station services at WBBM-TV Chicago. In 2004, Anderson became the editor of Savoy magazine. Anderson later had a Sunday column in the Controversy section of the Chicago Sun-Times.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Monroe Anderson
- Monroe Anderson
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994208837
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Monroe Anderson.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
055756
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Linda Williams, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2006 November 16.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2006 November 21.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Journalist Editor.
- Added Author
Anderson, Monroe, 1947- interviewee.
Williams, Linda, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.