She’s Back! Ace DC political reporter Jonetta Rose Barras broadcasts on radio again starting Tuesday, May 5th (11 AM to Noon) on WPFW-FM. Her first guests: DC Attorney General Peter Nickles and activist Phil Pannell.
Jonetta Rose Barras publishes the Barras Report and writes a column for the Washington Examiner. An experienced reporter, analyst and commentator, she has written for the Washington City Paper, the Washington Times, and other publications, and appeared on WAMU-FM for several years.
Ms. Barras has written several books, Bridges: Reuniting Daughters and Daddies (2005), Whatever Happened to Daddy’s Little Girl: The Impact of Fatherlessness on Black Women (Ballantine 2000, 2001), The Last of the Black Emperors: The Hollow Comeback of Marion Barry in the New Age of Black Leaders (1998), and a collection of poetry, The Corner Is No Place For Hiding (The Bunny and the Crocodile Press 1996).
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May 5, 2009 at 12:40 pm
UPDATE: Great first show, with guest commentator Eugene Dewitt Kinlow of DC Vote. and the revelation that guest Dr. Eurmon Hervey, Jr. is leaving his post as CEO/Executive Director of the nascent Community College of UDC for the administration of historic Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida.
Guests Peter Nicholls and Phil Pannell (the Odd Couple) were, as usual, outrageous and entertaining. Even better, The program is followed by Scooter Magruder’s Blues show. Make this a regular radio habit on Tuesdays.