Kwame Holman

Kwame Holman is an American producer and correspondent associated with the PBS NewsHour, as a producer and reporter for WTOC in Georgia, and, who also has held positions with several national organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union,^[1] and local government administrations.

Professional career

In 1983, Holman joined The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, later renamed the PBS NewsHour, serving as a producer, correspondent, and congressional correspondent.^[2][3] During his career at the NewsHour, Holman was awarded a George Polk Award for National Television Reporting for his reporting on violence and abortion clinics and an Emmy Award for his reporting on the national farm crisis, both are national awards for journalistic excellence.^[4] On January 13, 1995, he was featured as a guest on the C-SPAN interview program, Washington Journal. He retired from the NewsHour in 2014.^[5] Prior to joining the NewsHour, he was associated with the CBS affiliate, WTOC in Savannah, Georgia.

Holman also served as public relations consultant to the National Summit Conference on Black Economic Development as well as serving as a special assistant to the president of the Children’s Defense Fund. He served as the acting press secretary to the mayor of Washington, D.C. during 1980.

Personal life

He is one of three siblings born to Mariella Ukina Ama and M. Carl Holman.^{[6] [7]} He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Holman has been married twice and has two children.^[1]

References

1. ACLU, Kwame Holman, accessed August 10, 2019
2. "Correspondents". PBS NewsHour. PBS. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
3. Goodman, Walter (October 19, 1999). "Critic's Notebook; Now a Word From Our Spon ... uh, um ... Our Friend". The New York Times. p. E2. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
4. Patricia Brennan (1989-06-04). "KWAME HOLMAN A NEWSMAN HOSTS WETA'S 'URBAN TEENS IN CRISIS'". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
5. Kwame Holman, PBS About Kwame, accessed August 11, 2019
6. 1988 obituary of M. Carl Holman in the Washington Post
7. Library of Congress Remembering Our Father: The Story of M. Carl Holman, control number 2021688186, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009-02-10, https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcwebcasts.090210lib1200

External links

• Holman, Kwame, A Voice of Moderation, Online NewsHour, PBS, October 25, 1999
• Real Clear Politics, Kwame Holman, articles and videos
• Appearances on C-SPAN