Broadcast Team Meeting with Sam Ford, WJLA
May 5 2022
WHEN:
May 5, 2022 at 12:00pm
WHERE:
Cosgrove Lounge
CONTACT INFO:
Mark Hamrick
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Meeting
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WJLA General Assignment Reporter Sam Ford will join us virtually for a special Broadcast-Podcast Team meeting from 12-1PM on Thursday, May 5.
Sam has been with WJLA-TV for 30 years. He has been a broadcaster for 45 years, starting with radio stations in Kansas and Minnesota before moving on to television.
Previously, Sam spent nine years as a correspondent for CBS News. During his tenure at the network, he was stationed at CBS bureaus in New York, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. Prior to CBS, he reported for WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sam is a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists. He has a number of journalistic awards AP, New York, Edward R Murrow and several regional Emmys.
In his 35 years in the nation's capital, he says he has covered everything from the White House to the crack house. His focus at WJLA has mainly been District of Columbia government, life and crime. His title is DC Bureau Chief for ABC7 and WJLA 24/7.
Join us for this special conversation and bring your questions for Sam!