- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Walter J. Brown, 1945
- Date of Original:
- 1945
- Subject:
- Journalists--Washington (D.C.)
Executives--Washington (D.C.)
Broadcasters--Washington (D.C.)
Philanthropists--Washington (D.C.)
Brown, Walter J. - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Journalist Walter J. Brown graduated from the journalism school at the University of Georgia and went on to establish his own news bureau and eventually his own broadcast empire in Georgia and South Carolina. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives, housed in the main library at UGA, are named in his honor.
Photograph of journalist and pioneer broadcaster Walter J. Brown in 1945. Standing outside the gates of a tall stone and metal fence, he wears a suit and faces forward. He has a cigar in his mouth. Brown established the nonprofit Watson-Brown Foundation in 1970 primarily to provide college scholarships for underprivileged children and also to preserve the legacy of Georgia politician Thomas E. Watson. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/walter-j-brown-media-archives-and-peabody-awards-collection/m-2778/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/watson-brown-foundation
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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