NBC News to Receive Best Practices Honor
Staff Writer
2010-04-29
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This year Madison and NBC News will join other top honorees, CNN's Soledad O'Brien for Journalist of the Year, and NABJ Founder Paul Delaney for Lifetime Achievement at the National Association of Black Journalists event.
Madison, Executive Vice President of Diversity for NBC Universal & Company Officer with General Electric will receive NABJ's Legacy Award - awarded to a pioneering black print, broadcast or photojournalist of extraordinary accomplishment who has broken barriers and blazed trails. At NBC News, Madison has worked with the company's business executives who have developed programs that mirror the diversity of their customers, clients and audiences.
Madison began her career as a journalist in print media and then became a television news manager. She worked her way up the corporate ladder to become a news director and eventually the president and general manager of the NBC station in Los Angeles, the second largest broadcast market in the country. Madison was the first African-American woman to become a general manager of a top five network-owned television station. She was also the first person to hold the position of senior vice president of diversity at NBC. Throughout her career Madison has promoted the fair inclusion and representation of minorities in the media. She has built a reputation as a strong leader who is committed to quality journalism and community involvement.
"News organizations are encouraged to reflect the communities they serve. The management teams at NBC Universal's stations are the closest at meeting that standard among the major television groups," said NABJ Vice President of Broadcast Bob Butler. "NBC Universal has made a commitment to diversity that is reflected in all of its business units."