- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 19 min., 19 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Broadcast journalist Roslyn Maria "Roz" Abrams was born on September 7, 1948 in Lansing, Michigan. She received her B.S. degree from Western Michigan University and her M.S. degree from the University of Michigan. In 1975, Abrams was hired at WSB-AM Radio. She then worked in television at WXIA-TV from 1978 to 1982, at CNN from 1982 to 1983, and at KRON-TV from 1983 to 1986. In 1986, Abrams joined WABC-TV in New York City, first as weekend anchor and general assignment reporter, and later as co-anchor of Eyewitness News at 5 p.m. She was the first African American female journalist to join WABC-TV, and the second anchorwoman of color in the New York City television market. In 2004, she was hired by WCBS-TV in New York City as the co-anchor of CBS2 News at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Abrams left WCBS-TV in 2006 and retired from journalism in 2010.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Roz Abrams
- Roz Abrams
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 994208785
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Roz Abrams.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
031919
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2014 March 17.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Broadcast Journalist.
- Added Author
Abrams, Roz, interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.