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[[Image:KevinBlackistone.jpg|right|thumb|Kevin Blackistone is a sports columnist for ''The Dallas Morning News'' and a frequent guest on ''Around the Horn'' on ''ESPN''.]] |
[[Image:KevinBlackistone.jpg|right|thumb|Kevin Blackistone is a sports columnist for ''The Dallas Morning News'' and a frequent guest on ''Around the Horn'' on ''ESPN''.]] |
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'''Kevin Blackistone''' has been a columnist for ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' since 1986, and is a regular panelist for [[ESPN]]'s ''[[Around The Horn]]''. |
'''Kevin Blackistone''' has been a reporter and columnist for ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' since 1986, and is a regular panelist for [[ESPN]]'s ''[[Around The Horn]]''. |
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He was born in [[Washington, D.C.]] and raised in [[Hyattsville, Maryland]], and started his career in journalism as a city side reporter at ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' newspaper. In 1983, he wrote for ''The Chicago Reporter'', a monthly investigative magazine on [[Chicago]]'s racial and social issues. In 1986, Blackistone joined ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' newspaper as a reporter in the City section; he later moved to the Business section covering economics, and the Metropolitan section covering city events and issues. |
He was born in [[Washington, D.C.]] and raised in [[Hyattsville, Maryland]], and started his career in journalism as a city side reporter at ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' newspaper. In 1983, he wrote for ''The Chicago Reporter'', a monthly investigative magazine on [[Chicago]]'s racial and social issues. In 1986, Blackistone joined ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' newspaper as a reporter in the City section; he later moved to the Business section covering economics, and the Metropolitan section covering city events and issues. |
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Kevin Blackistone has been a reporter and columnist for The Dallas Morning News since 1986, and is a regular panelist for ESPN's Around The Horn.
He was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Hyattsville, Maryland, and started his career in journalism as a city side reporter at The Boston Globe newspaper. In 1983, he wrote for The Chicago Reporter, a monthly investigative magazine on Chicago's racial and social issues. In 1986, Blackistone joined The Dallas Morning News newspaper as a reporter in the City section; he later moved to the Business section covering economics, and the Metropolitan section covering city events and issues.
After covering Nelson Mandela's U.S. tour in 1990, he moved to SportsDay to cover sports business and write columns. A year later, he became a full-time SportsDay columnist.
Blackistone's several honors include first- and second-place awards for sports column writing from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors (APME), a Chicago Newspaper Guild award for investigative reporting, and a National Association of Black Journalists award for enterprise reporting. He was also a member of a team that won a Texas APME award and, several times, a finalist for a Press Club of Dallas Katie Award.