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From the streets of West Savannah to the classrooms of Beach High School and Spelman College, and then the newsrooms of the Miami Herald, Washington Post and USA Today, to say that Wanda Lloyd is a journalism icon is an understatement. Now with a new memoir out, Lloyd joins the Difference Makers podcast to discuss growing up in Savannah, joining the journalism field, her experiences of being a Black female in the news industry, returning home to teach at Savannah State and where she sees the future of journalism going.

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(4:22): Growing up in West Savannah

(16:53): Getting into journalism in high school and college

(22:42): Joining the journalism field

(27:35): Moving through the journalism world with jobs at Miami Herald, Washington Post and USA Today

• Beach High graduate inducted into NABJ Hall of Fame (SMN, Aug. 17, 2019)

(30:31): Diversity in newsrooms

• Well, Lit: Savannah author champions media diversity in ‘Coming Full Circle’ (Do Savannah, Jan. 22, 2020)
• JANE FISHMAN: Savannah native Wanda Lloyd talks about another look at the racial divide (SMN, June 6, 2020)

(37:07): Reaction to the current cultural climate with the death of George Floyd and the corresponding protests

• Wanda S. Lloyd column: A call for a conversation about race (SMN, June 4, 2018)

(42:00): What the future of journalism looks like

• "Coming Full Circle" by Wanda Lloyd

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