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Pioneering journalist Helen Thomas dies at 92 |
Helen Thomas, Barrier-Busting White House Reporter, Is Dead at 92
Blunt Chronicler of Presidents From Kennedy Era to Obama
Thomas was also the first woman to be elected an officer of the White House Correspondents’ Association
and the first to serve as its president. In 1975, she became the first
woman elected to the Gridiron Club, which for 90 years had been a
men-only bastion of Washington journalists.
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Ms. Thomas’s career bridged two eras, beginning
during World War II when people got their news mostly from radio,
newspapers and movie newsreels, and extending into the era of 24-hour
information on cable television and the Internet. Photo Credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times
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