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Edward Rudolph “Ed” Bradley, Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was a journalist with award-winning work on 60 Minutes.

Ed Bradley was a pioneering journalist known for breaking barriers and his extensive work on CBS's "60 Minutes." Ed Bradley made significant contributions to journalism, especially in diversifying the media landscape while covering a wide range of impactful stories.

I was born an island boy, I’m now a veteran journalist living in a nautical museum where I look at potential dangers through periscopes.

My professional news career started working for The Washington Post owned, Post-Newsweek Stations, when a tiny stock investment financially flourished. Many decades later I was appointed AP Bureau Chief in NYC and then I took early retirement from The Associated Press, the world’s oldest news cooperative.

I no longer work at News 4 New York, but I enjoyed serving stories for anchorwoman Sue Simmons when I was a field producer there.

Simmons was one of the jovial members of the team, constantly poking fun at herself and everyone else on the set. She liked to laugh. So it's no surprise that many viewers may remember a Groundhog Day impersonation (which can be viewed here).  

Today’s New York Times word of the day is SPEAK according to my chief executive officer who likes word games crossword puzzles.

With that in mind allow Neto to tell a story about one of the many professional experiences I had back in the late 80s - I watch the tube and sometimes it brings back memories about always speaking up for our freedoms and leading by example.

After working for NBC for about a decade, there was a labor dispute with management that caused a major strike.

A leadership vacuum at #NBC - Hiring and firing the former #RNC chair, the organization managed to alienate nearly every constituency that matters. Insiders blame a byzantine structure and a lack of news chops at the top. “I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down,” Mr. Conde said in a staff memo this week. “While this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, I approved it and take full responsibility.” Cesar Conde

Local news, public affairs and information content are essential to the future of our American democratic system and way of life.

In the run-up to this year’s general election, POTUS Joe Biden is warning that American democracy is at stake. But when it comes to the democratic process of an entire nation, could the solution be local and grass roots involvement?

US news and information consumers can't see to differentiate between the two. Americans struggle to distinguish factual claims from opinions amid partisan bias.

How well do Americans distinguish statements of fact from statements of opinion? The answer: Not very well at all, according to new research co-written by a team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scholars.