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Helen Thomas, longtime White House journalist, has died

by amy

White House news correspondent, Helen Thomas, is dead at 92. Ms. Thomas will always be noteworthy in American journalism for having shattered the glass ceiling as the foremost White House correspondent of her generation. An iconic and prickly writer of conscience, she was always willing to speak her mind and was at her best when she once growled, Listen up, Mr. President. In 2009, we brought Ms. Thomas to Ann Arbor for a special event at the Michigan Theater cosponsored by Michigan Radio. We also had the good fortune to interview Ms. Thomas. We have both the video and interview available for streaming and downloading.

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Submitted by shikha sharma on Mon, 07/22/2013 - 11:53am

RIP

Submitted by fka83111 on Wed, 07/24/2013 - 1:55pm

Ms Thomas was a astonishing and outstanding woman, and journalist. She paved the way for all female journalists especially political correspondents.

Submitted by emaelshaikh on Fri, 07/26/2013 - 3:36pm

RIP

Submitted by a2sue on Fri, 07/26/2013 - 5:12pm

rip

Submitted by Motomori on Thu, 08/01/2013 - 12:22pm

R.I.P

Submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on Fri, 08/02/2013 - 8:06pm

I really admired Helen Thomas. I met her once and got to brag to her that my great-great-grandmother had been a suffragist. She had been speaking about the women's rights movement in the United States.

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