Word Watcher.(The Business of Life)(Hermene Hartman from newspaper publishing industry)(Brief Article)

Crain's Chicago Business, February, 2006 by Beau, Christina Le

Byline: Christina Le Beau Hermene Hartman publishes free black weekly newspaper N'Digo and last week relaunched Savoy-formerly a print magazine-online. She's also the newly re-elected president of the Alliance of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs. Her picks: When U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., visited troops in Iraq in January, WLS-TV/Channel 7 did daily reports.

"Instead of getting a snippet of the news, I like getting the full story.'' Also likes TV One, a black cable network. Calls Charlie Rose from PBS a "great interviewer.'' Doesn't miss the Wall Street Journal or columnists John Kass of the Tribune and Mary Mitchell of the Sun-Times. "Perspective is the meat of (journalism).'' Watches "The Oprah Winfrey Show'' reruns at night and reads O, the...

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