Former BJ staffer Leona Allen has been promoted to deputy publisher
responsible for diversity and inclusion at the Dallas Morning News.
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| Leona Allen |
It sounds like the job Ben Maidenburg handed to Al Fitzpatrick at
the BJ decades ago. Eventually, Al advanced to promoting diversity for Knight
Newspapers out of Miami.
Allen is a Dallas native, Dallas Skyline High School and University
of North Texas graduate.
She was at the BJ during the “Question of Color” project and
articles that won the Beacon a Pulitzer Prize.
She returned to the Dallas newspaper in 1994. She was acting Metro
editor, deputy managing editor and on the Morning News’ editorial board.
For the Dallas Morning News article about her promotion, click on
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