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Interview no. | R-0846 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.43. Special Research Projects: NewStories |
Project description | NewStories, begun in 2012, is an ongoing project of the UNC School of Media and Journalism. Interviews are conducted by students enrolled in media history coursework under the direction of Dr. Barbara Friedman. The series explores the life experiences of North Carolina media workers, whose career fields include print and broadcast news, photojournalism, web journalism, public relations, marketing, advertising and education. Included is a series of interviews with inductees of the North Carolina Halls of Fame. The interviews are biographical in nature, yet some concentrate on particular events or periods within the lifetime of the respondent. |
Date | 4 November 2013 |
Interviewee | Chambers, Brett E. |
Interviewee occupation |
Broadcasters Professors |
Interviewee DOB | Undisclosed |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Brown, Malia. |
Abstract | Mr. Brett Chambers has led an interesting life and has held a number of media-related jobs throughout his storied career. Chambers, originally from Washington D.C., attended Duke University in the 1970s. Early portions of the interview are spent discussing how racism affected his time at Duke as an African American student. While at Duke, he worked for the student radio station, which was where he gained his skills and met the people who would set him on his career path. While at the radio station he became a DJ and moved up the ranks to working at the larger radio station next door. After graduation, he wanted to work in television, and eventually found himself working for local stations such as WTVD and WRAL. He held a number of positions with these stations, but he says that he enjoyed producing and creating news shows the most. Throughout his career he made a concerted effort to showcase issues relating to minorities to the public at large while maintaining the objectivism that is required in the newsroom. Chambers has also had the privilege of meeting many important and famous people throughout his career, such as Steve Jobs and Spike Lee. In addition to his media duties and jobs, Chambers has always had a passion for music, playing several instruments in his own time and encouraging young people to become involved in music within his community. Currently, Chambers is teaching mass communication and education technology courses at North Carolina Central University. He states that he decided to get into education because it coincides with his vision of helping people and that “today’s broadcast graduates have no idea what they’re doing and need guidance.” |
Citation | Interview with Brett Chambers by Malia Brown, 4 November 2013 R-0846, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | R0846_Audio |