NABJ honors Dr. Tooten with Legacy Award

Repost from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)

Legacy Award (Posthumously) — Rev. Dr. Timothy Lamar Tooten, Sr.
This award recognizes a Black print, broadcast, digital or photojournalist of extraordinary accomplishment who has broken barriers and blazed trails. Honorees have contributed to the understanding or advancement of people and issues in the African Diaspora. Rev. Dr. Tooten, Sr. shared Maryland’s stories as a journalist for WBAL-TV 11 News in Baltimore for 35 years. For much of that time he was the city’s only full-time education reporter, gaining the respect and trust of parents, educators, students, elected leaders, and advocates alike. While his career focused on education, he also covered the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., and the night when President Ronald Reagan was shot. Dr. Tooten earned an Emmy Award for his half-hour documentary shot in Liberia, West Africa, “Africa’s Maryland,” and a National Headliner Award for his “East is East” documentary, which profiled life as an African American growing up on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He also earned an Associated Press award for his undercover investigative series of reports on the history of discriminatory practices in the private clubs in West Virginia. For 25 years, he also helped educate a new generation of journalists and media professionals as an adjunct professor of communication and media at Loyola University Maryland. A proud husband, father, and grandfather, he later founded and served as the pastor of a nondenominational church, Harvest Christian Ministries. After retirement in 2003, Dr. Tooten shared his knowledge through media training and performance seminars and was inducted into the Emmy Silver Circle Hall of Fame in 2024.

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