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Heshimu Jaramogi, veteran Philadelphia newsman, radio host, and newspaper publisher, dies at 67

Heshimu Jaramogi, was a journalist, publisher and adjunct professor. A former president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, he was awarded the PABJ Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. His career, which spanned about 40 years, began in radio at WHYY.

Heshimu Jaramogi, 67, a veteran Philadelphia newsman and multimedia journalist, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. He worked in radio as a producer and host and in recent years published his own newspaper, the Neighborhood Leader. A former president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, he received the group's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
Heshimu Jaramogi, 67, a veteran Philadelphia newsman and multimedia journalist, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. He worked in radio as a producer and host and in recent years published his own newspaper, the Neighborhood Leader. A former president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, he received the group's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.Read moreMartin Regusters
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