Remembering Ken Screven

By Brandon Vogel

May 20, 2022

Remembering Ken Screven

5.20.2022

By Brandon Vogel

Legendary WRGB reporter Ken Screven died May 18 at the age of 71. Screven, the first African-American television reporter and news anchor in Albany, joined  the Miranda Warnings podcast  in July 2018 to reflect on his career. In this 35-minute conversation, Screven discusses encountering racism at WRGB, showing the humanity behind the news and dealing with the demands of the market-driven news cycle.

Listen here.

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