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TO YOU FOR BEING PART OF MY DREAM, DREAM REALIZED I NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED MYSELF IN THIS PLACE AT THIS TIME TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT A LIFE THAT...
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| 00:29:55 |
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RAMSEY. MY QUESTION FOR YOU, FOLLOWING WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH WAY BACK WHEN AND UP TO KNOW, IT SEEMS FOR A TIME THE INDUSTRY WAS GROWING IN TERMS OF...
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| 00:30:30 |
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BUSINESS WHERE THE INDUSTRY, THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM HAS CHANGED RADICALLY. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FORMULA IS FOR THE FUTURE....
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| 00:33:49 |
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EVENING, QUICK QUESTION. DO YOU THINK THAT THE STANDARDS IN JOURNALISM COMPARE TO YESTERDAY HAS CHANGE IN ANY WAY TODAY? FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I'M READING,...
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| 00:34:24 |
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RIGHT. NO, THE STANDARDS ARE NOT BEING MET. WE KNOW THAT. WHEN YOU CAN HAVE NPR MAKE A HUGE MISTAKE BY GETTING THE WRONG INFORMATION AND TRYING TO GET...
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| 00:36:07 |
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A PLEASURE FOR YOU TO
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BE HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU
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| 00:36:11 |
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A QUESTION. THE 1996TELE COMMUNICATION ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS, DID THEY DESTROY A LOT? THERE'S ONE STATION, WELL, LIKE HERE IN NEW YORK, ALL THE OTHER...
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| 00:36:37 |
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THERE WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME, THEY WERE JUST ABLE TO FORMALIZE IT WITH THAT. I WALKED INTO A CBS STATION IN SAN FRANSISCO, THERE WERE NINE...
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| 00:37:52 |
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TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO WANT TO GET INTO JOURNALISM, PARTICULARLY BROADCAST JOURNALISM IF...
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| 00:38:07 |
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YOU. >> I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR
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| 00:38:09 |
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YOU SAY EARLIER IT'S DIFFICULT NOW TO GET INTO THE INDUSTRY THAN IT WAS WHEN YOU STARTED OUT. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OPPOSITE,...
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| 00:38:51 |
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THIS THING THAT MY UNION DREADED THE FACT THAT I SAY THIS. I THINK IT'S LEARNING THE TOOLS OF TODAY'S TRADE THAT YOU GOT TO DO, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE...
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| 00:41:24 |
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BOOK -- >> JUST
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| 00:41:26 |
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ONE MORE. THERE HE IS. >> HI, I READ YOUR BOOK, AND
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| 00:41:30 |
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YOU TALKED TODAY VERY CALMLY AND ALMOST MATTER OF FACTUALLY ABOUT YOUR CHILD HOOT AND -- CHILDHOOD AND GROWING UP AND HOW YOU SLEPT ON THE FLOOR IN THE...
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| 00:41:48 |
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SCHOOL, 10-12TH GRADE LIVING WITH MY AUNT. THIS IS THE CRAZY THING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE SLIGHTLY NUTS. WE WERE VERY POOR. WE HAD A HOUSE, AND IT HAD...
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| 00:42:42 |
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BECAUSE YOUR CHILDHOOD WAS HARDER THAN YOU ARE MAKING IT SEEM, AND TO ME, IT'S REMARKABLE THAT YOU'VE COME FROM THAT TO WHERE YOU ARE NOW. IT'S JUST...
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| 00:42:55 |
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BASICALLY MY REAL MOTIVE IN WRITING THIS BOOK WAS TO WRITE IT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY HAVE BARRIERS THAT THEY CANNOT CROSS TODAY THAT BECAUSE...
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| 00:43:28 |
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MORE. >> OKAY. >> I THINK ONE OF THE
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| 00:43:30 |
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THINGS THAT STRUCK ME AND MY SHORT TIME, I SAY SHORT TIME, ABOUT 20 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS, IS YOU MENTIONED THE PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ARE AT THE TOP....
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| 00:43:56 |
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YOURS. >> YES. >> I MEAN, WHAT IS
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| 00:44:00 |
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THE PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T COME FROM MY TIME. THEY ARE CERTAINLY OLDER THAN ME, AND IS THERE ANY WAY, YOU KNOW, ANY WAY TO TURN...
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| 00:44:16 |
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MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO COME FROM THAT ENVIRONMENT AS THOUGH THEY WERE FOREIGN STUDENTS, AND THAT'S WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK. I THINK THEY NEED TO READ...
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| 00:46:51 |
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SAY ALONG TO THANK YOU TO YOU. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU. I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME FROM THE DAYS OF THE BEAUTY PAGEANT THAT WAS...
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| 00:48:07 |
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YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND I REALLY AM GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU WHO'VE COME OUT TONIGHT, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL READ. THERE'S LOTS MORE TO THE STORY IN MY PROFESSIONAL...
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| 00:49:08 |
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LAST QUESTIONS? I'M COMING. >> I CAME IN TO
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| 00:49:19 |
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THANK YOU EARLIER AS SOMEONE WHO WAS IN MEDIA IN THE BAY AREA WHILE YOU WERE AT WESTING HOUSE, AND YOU WERE JUST AN UP CREDIBLE ROLE MODEL THE TIME...
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| 00:50:02 |
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YOU BECAUSE WE KNOW STATION MANAGERS COME OUT OF THE SALES DEPARTMENT, SO BY THE TIME I COULD SEE BLACK FACES IN SALES, MY HOPES WERE HIGH, MAYBE ONE...
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| 00:50:17 |
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OKAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. IT'S AMAZING. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO SHERYL WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK...
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| 00:50:56 |
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MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> TO FIND OUT MORE,
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| 00:51:04 |
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VISIT THE AUTHOR'S WEBSITE, BELVADAVIS.COM. AUTHOR POET AND PLAY
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