Remembering Lee Thornton, Who Broke Barriers In Journalism

Lee Thornton, the first African-American woman to cover the White House for a major news network and the first black host of All Things Considered, died last Wednesday. The University of Maryland, where Thornton was a professor and former interim dean of the journalism school, reports she was 71. Joins the faculty at Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. In 2010, the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism put together a video tribute to Lee Thornton.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/30/227748578/remembering-lee-thornton-who-broke-barriers-in-journalism?ft=1&f=1020