- Felicia Middlebrooks
Felicia Middlebrooks (born May 29, 1957) is a veteran anchor of
WBBM-AM in Chicago, Illinois.Biography
Felicia Middlebrooks was born in
Gary, Indiana . She graduated from West Side High School andPurdue University Calumet earning a bachelor's degree in communication, where she now takes on the roll as a professor for news broadcasting. She worked as a steelworker in northwestIndiana to finance her education. Her previous radio stations wereWBAA ,WJOB ,WGVE , andWLTH before coming to Chicago. Felicia worked at CBS Radio where she was the first woman and African American to co-anchor mornings. [LakeNet, Notable Personalities Born, Raised, or Became Famous in Lake, Porter Counties Indiana and Surrounding Illinois Communities. [http://www.lakenetnwi.net/member/notable/html/Felicia_Middlebrooks.htm available online] ] She has won numerous awards for leadership and journalism including the Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in News and the Associated Press “Best Reporter Award”. She is the founder and president of "Hollywood Comes to Chicago" and serves on the Board of Directors for three non-profit organizations: “Hands of Hope”, “WINGS: Women in Need Growing Stronger”, and “Children’s Home and Aid Society” (CHASI). [Hollywood Comes to Chicago, Founder. [http://www.hollywoodcomestochicago.com/Founder.html available online] ]Selected publications
A partial list of books which Middlebrooks was one of the authors:
* "Called" (co-authored by
Lisa D. Jefferson ,Moody Publishing )
* "Souls of My Sisters" (Kensington Publishing )References
External links
* [http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/184.php Felicia Middlebrooks] - WBBM 780's website
* [http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=458 Biography] - The HistoryMakers
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