Samuel Blackman was named general news editor of the Associated Press in December 1958.

Dick Clark hosted the national premiere of his "American Bandstand" music show on ABC on 7 October 1957.

In 1957 Nat King Cole became the first black performer to have his own television show. Because southern stations threatened a boycott, no national advertiser could be found, and the show was canceled in 1958.

After eight years on the show, Dorothy Collins and her husband, Raymond Scott, were dropped from "Hit Parade" in February 1957.

John Denson was named editor of Newsweek on 22 July 1956.

In 1954 Roscoe Drummond was hired from the Christian Science Monitor to be the Washington bureau chief for the New York Herald Tribune.

Pauline Frederick was hired in 1953 as an NBC news correspondent. Her hiring opened many career doors for...