Drew Berry

Drew Berry was Vice President and General Manager at WMAR-TV ABC2 in Baltimore until December 1, 2006.During his 10-year tenure, he was a member of many community organizations. Most recently he became a professor at the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University in Virginia and founder of Drew Berry and associates (a news talent agency).

With over 25 years in broadcasting, the bulk of his experience has been in the country’s top 5 markets, where he has held varied positions: Executive Producer at WABC-TV New York, Producer at WPVI-TV Philadelphia and Assistant News Director at WFAA-TV Dallas. Mr. Berry was News Director at WCAU-TV Philadelphia where he also won two consecutive Emmy awards for Outstanding Newscasts. He has worked with other television operations in New Orleans, San Antonio and at CNN in Atlanta during its infancy. WMAR-TV, ABC2 News has won an Emmy for BEST NEWSCAST and the ASSOCIATED PRESS award for BEST NEWSCAST.

Mr. Berry serves as a mentor to journalists across the country. He has been guest faculty with the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank, guest lecturer at Hampton University in Virginia and a member of the inaugural class of the Scripps Leadership Institute. He is also a trustee of the Scripps Howard Foundation. Since, Mr. Berry’s 1998 arrival in Baltimore he has been a strong active leader in the community. He holds positions on several local business boards including the Greater Baltimore Committee and The Maryland Business Council, the Signal 13 Foundation, which helps officers and their families in need, Associated Black Charities, Maryland Humanities Council and Good Samaritan Hospital. He is a member of the National Association of Broadcasters and served on the program committee for the Unity Convention, which is the largest convention of minority journalists in the world.

A native Texan, Drew grew up in Dallas and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Radio, Television and Film from the University of Texas at Austin. Married for 25 years to his wife Brenda, he has a daughter Andrea and twin sons Adam and Andrew.

ee also

* Scripps Howard
* National Association of Black Journalists
* Dallas, Texas
* WMAR-TV
* List of University of Texas at Austin people
* Poynter Institute
* WCAU
* Baltimore, Maryland
* National Association of Broadcasters
* CNN

Drew Berry was Vice President and General Manager at WMAR-TV ABC2 in Baltimore until December 1, 2006.During his 10-year tenure, he was a member of many community organizations. Most recently he became a professor at the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University in Virginia and founder of Drew Berry and associates (a news talent agency). See also http://www.drewberryassociates.com