- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (10 video files (4 hr., 11 min., 45 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Journalist Joseph James Donovan was born on March 29, 1936, in Camden, New Jersey, to Willie Virginia Jones and Phillip James Donovan. Donovan attended and graduated from Edward Bok Vocational Technical High School in 1954. In October of 1955, Donovan enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, and by 1959, had reached the rank of staff sergeant. In 1960, after leaving the service, Donovan was hired as a librarian at the Philadelphia Daily News. In 1963, Donovan worked as a background writer for the publication, and six months later, replaced the newspaper's only African American reporter. In 1970, Donovan joined the staff of KYW News Radio. In 1972, Donovan began to appear on the television show Black Perspectives on the News. In 1976, Donovan wrote Why Can't Johnny Read?, and in 1980, he received the Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in electronic journalism. Donovan passed away on February 26, 2009.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Joseph Donovan
- Joseph Donovan
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1003149988
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Joseph Donovan.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
041145
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Ed Anderson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2005 August 1.
Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2005 August 3.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Author Television and Radio Correspondent.
- Added Author
Donovan, Joseph, 1936-2009, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Anderson, Ed, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.