Black Journal (television)

Black Journal was a public affairs television program that began at WNET in 1968. It covered issues relevant to African American communities with film crews sent to Atlanta, Detroit, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, and Ethiopia. The show won Emmy, Peabody and Russwurm awards. Black Journal moved to commercial television in 1977, with Tony Brown as producer and host, renamed as Tony Brown's Journal. It returned to public television in 1982, until 2008. The show was originally broadcast as once a month, one hour productions. Other executive producers included documentary filmmakers Madeline Anderson, William Greaves and St. Clair Bourne.