Vernon Jarrett Medal for Journalistic Excellence Archives

Reporter and D.C. Native Honored

by WI Guest Author September 27, 2017October 31, 2020

Morgan State University has honored Philadelphia journalist and native Washingtonian for his reporting on an African-American inmate who spent 37 years in solitary confinement.

(From left to right) Hamilton Fish, Chair Board of Visitors, School of Global Journalism and Communication; DeWayne Wickham, Dean and Professor of Journalism; Journalist Kirsten West Saval; Dr. David Wilson, President, Morgan State University; and Provost Dr. Gloria Gibson. Ms. Saval received a medal and $10,000 check for exemplary reporting on Black life in America during the Vernon Jarrett Medal of Honor Ceremony on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at the National Press Club in Northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

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VERNON JARRETT MEDAL FOR JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE (PHOTOS BY PATRICIA LITTLE)

by WI Guest Author June 28, 2016October 30, 2020

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