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Mark Whitaker ’75Author and first African-American leader of a national news weekly Mark Whitaker ’75, is the former managing editor of CNN, Washington bureau chief for NBC News, and editor of Newsweek magazine, where he spent twenty-five years and rose to become the first African-American leader of a national newsweekly. He is the author of two books, the critically-acclaimed family memoir My Long Trip Home and the bestselling biography, Cosby: His Life and Times. He is currently working on a book about the historical legacy of black Pittsburgh. |
