Cheryl Devall, Senior News Editor
Girl's Death Sparked Anti-Violence Movement in Harbor Gateway
01/18/2007
In today's newscasts and talk programs, KPCC has been examining racially-charged gang violence in Los Angeles. The most recent flashpoint was the shooting death of Cheryl Green a little over a month ago. Police say a Latino gang in Harbor Gateway targeted the 14-year-old black girl because of her race. Amid the protests, anguish, and resolutions to make L.A. neighborhoods safer, we wanted to concentrate for a few minutes on the teenager whose death generated all this attention. KPCC's Cheryl Devall has the story.
Cheryl Devall's long experience in journalism includes three years as a senior editor at Marketplace. While there, she taught the first public radio production course offered at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication as a member of the adjunct faculty.
Devall is a former Los Angeles correspondent for the San Jose Mercury News. She has also reported for the Chicago Tribune, the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Boston Globe.
For 11 years, Devall reported for National Public Radio, first from Chicago and later from Miami. During the 1995-96 academic year, Devall was a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. She holds a Bachelor's degree in sociology from Harvard University's Radcliffe College, and a Master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
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