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For over 35 years, Mal Goode has been one of the most distinguished and respected broadcast journalists in the United States. Often called the “Dean” of Black Professional Broadcast journalists, Goode’s broadcasting career began in 1949 on KQV, Pittsburgh. From 1950 through 1956, he served as News Reporter/News Director at WHOD, Homestead, Pennsylvania. In 1962, Goode was hired by ABC for the position of network news reporter. His ‘training’ assignment, the United Nations, turned into a hotbed of political activity seven weeks later with the development of the Cuban Missile Crisis. During his ABC years, he also covered such stories as the ’64 Democrat and Republican Conventions and the James Meredith’s 1966 Mississippi March. Goode was the only black network reporter to cover the funeral of Martin Luther King. For the past seventeen years, Mal Goode has been a Consultant with the National Black Network. He was the President of the UN Correspondents Association in 1972 and the President of the Association of Radio/TV News Analysts for two years. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he received the “Distinguished Graduate” award in 1987. His many other citations include a 1987 Special Award by National Association of Radio/TV News Directors, and selection by the Miller Brewing Company as one of twelve journalists for their 1987 calendar and the 1989 Missouri Honor Medal. In 1990, Mal Goode was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. |