Jeffries, Mary

Date:
2015-01-09
Length:
87 minutes
Interviewer:
Fox, Jack
Transcription available:
no
Series:
WHAS Radio
Series ID:
2014_163
Interview Number(s):
2015_6_
Summary:
Recounts memories of working at WHAS-Radio in Louisville, KY from 1983-2001. Graduated from Western Ky University with a degree in Journalism. Talks about getting first job in radio and how she came to WHAS. Her experiences as a news person at the station covering events such as tornados, the Carrolton bus crash, the Lindsay Scott trial, being on the campaign bus during the first Clinton/Gore presidential election. How her documentaries on Schizophrenia and women with HIV developed into Peabody Award winners. The philosophy of the newsroom under News Director Brian Rublein and Barry Bingham, Jr. People with whom she worked…Dan Burgess, Bob Lauder, Mike Edgerly, Ralph Dix, Fred Wiche, Bill Cody, Terry Meiners and others.
Topic(s):
WHAS-Radio (Louisville, Ky.), Radio journalists, Women in radio broadcasting