The HistoryMakers video oral history with Debra Simmons.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 54 min., 11 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2014.042 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Simmons, Debra Adams, 1964- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Debra Simmons |
| Portion of title | Debra Simmons |
| Abstract | Journalist and newspaper executive Debra Adams Simmons was born November 4, 1964 in Hartford, Connecticut. Simmons earned her B.A. degree from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications and the College of Arts and Sciences. In 2003, she became managing editor and then vice president of the Akron Beacon Journal, a Pulitzer prize-winning newspaper distributed throughout Northeast Ohio. Simmons was hired in 2007 as managing editor of The Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper, and promoted to editor of The Plain Dealer three years later, making her the only minority female running one of the nation's top twenty-five newspapers. In 2014, Simmons became president of the Associated Press Media Editors. She received the Robert McGruder Award for Diversity from Kent State University and the ATHENA Award from ATHENA International, in addition to being named Woman of Achievement by the YWCA, and inducted into the Women of Color Hall of Fame. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Cleveland, Ohio 2014 February 11. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2014.042 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |