ABOUT BOBBI BOOKER
ABOUT BOBBI BOOKER
Bobbi Booker, Media
LiaisonBobbi Booker is a longtime multi-media journalist, radio personality and blogger whose editorial experience includes news, culture, lifestyle, business, sports, politics and entertainment reporting. Ms. Booker, who came to The Philadelphia Tribune in July 2001 as the Lifestyle & Leisure staff writer, has spent more than 25 years as a journalist — first in radio with major regional stations and then in the nascent web news era of the late 90s. A native of Philadelphia, Ms. Booker attended Temple University as a journalism major and has completed prestigious fellowships at two National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Journalism Institutes at Duke University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and was named a 2008 Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution Fellow. Her work appears in many diverse publications, including BlackAmericaWeb.com, Philadelphia magazine, Philadelphia Weekly and online at The Book Report. Before becoming a full time print journalist, Ms. Booker worked as a radio reporter, assignment editor and executive producer for Metro & Shadow Traffic Networks, WWDB 96.5 Fm, WUSL-Power 99 Fm, WHAT-Am and WHYY 90.9 Fm. In 1981, Ms. Booker joined NPR-affiliate WRTI-Fm 90.1 as an on-air personality and since 1999 has hosted the popular specialty music show "Spirit Soul Music on Ovations." Ms. Booker has been honored by Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes with the 2008 7th Senatorial District Community Service Award for her Arts & Culture coverage. Bobbi 's current news beat is a reflection of the sustained curiosity that has allowed her insightful interviews with some of America's biggest stars, including Quincy Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Stevie Wonder and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Contact Bobbi Booker In Confidence Connect With Bobbi Booker
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