Malcolm Poindexter

Malcolm P. Poindexter Jr. (April 3, 1925

The Philadelphia Bulletin, the London Daily Express, Jet and Ebony magazine, and was an early member of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists.^[3]^[4]

Life and career

Poindexter was born and raised in the

Eastwick neighborhood of Southwest Philadelphia.^[2] His father was a pianist, vocal coach and baritone.^[1] He graduated from Overbrook High School and attended Temple University.^[1]

He began his career in journalism in 1947 as a writer and

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin in 1960 and contributed feature articles to the newspaper's Sunday magazine.^[2]

KYW Newsradio, which began broadcasting in 1965, hired Poindexter as one of its first reporters.^[2] He created a five-part series on the lives of migrant workers in South Jersey, in which he became a migrant worker himself.^[2] His migrant worker series won KYW Newsradio the radio station's first two professional awards – the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Community Service and an Associated Press award.^[2]

Poindexter joined KYW-TV in 1967.^[2] He worked as a general assignment reporter, education reporter and television host at KYW.

He received more than 300 awards during his career, including four Emmys. Poindexter was inducted into the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 1996.^[2]

Poindexter and his family moved from his former home on

People Magazine ran an article on Poindexter called "A Philadelphia Anchorman Fights to Change His Mean Streets" on his efforts in its June 30, 1980 issue.^[2]

Poindexter retired from KYW-TV, often known as CBS 3, in February 2001,[2] and was named "Ambassador to the Arts" for the CBS television station.^[5]

Malcolm Poindexter died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on March 30, 2010, at the age of 84, just four days before his 85th birthday.^[1] A resident of Center City at the time, Poindexter was survived by his wife, Ilse, a former librarian with the Free Library of Philadelphia; sons, David and Malcolm III; daughter, Lynne and a stepdaughter, Kirsten.^[2] He was also survived by three former wives – Lois Herring, Edie Garrett, and Lottie Brevard Poindexter.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Downy, Sally A. (March 31, 2010). "Malcolm Poindexter, groundbreaking journalist". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. B1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "CBS 3 Veteran Malcolm Poindexter Dies at 84". KYW-TV. March 30, 2010. Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
^ Michael Klein, "Malcolm Poindexter passes away", Philly.com, March 30, 2010.
^ "Malcolm Poindexter", Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia.
^ "Veteran Reporter Malcolm Poindexter Named `Ambassador to the Arts' for KYW-3", 2001 PR Newswire Association. The Free Library. Retrieved November 13, 2014.

External links

"Malcolm Poindexter", Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia.

[pi-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Downy, Sally A. (March 31, 2010). "Malcolm Poindexter, groundbreaking journalist". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. B1.

[kyw-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "CBS 3 Veteran Malcolm Poindexter Dies at 84". KYW-TV. March 30, 2010. Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2010.

[3] Michael Klein, "Malcolm Poindexter passes away", Philly.com, March 30, 2010.

[4] "Malcolm Poindexter", Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia.

[5] "Veteran Reporter Malcolm Poindexter Named `Ambassador to the Arts' for KYW-3", 2001 PR Newswire Association. The Free Library. Retrieved November 13, 2014.

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