As a student at Yates High School’s communications program in the mid-1980s, Roland S. Martin loved nothing more than to grill visiting dignitaries and then chat them up as he escorted them to the next class, leaving them, he hoped, with a name and an impression they would remember down the line.
Today, Martin returns to Yates as a dignitary in his own right. In addition to his most visible role as a CNN contributor, he juggles roles as analyst, commentator and blogger for five other outlets. He carries two Blackberrys to help him keep track of the world and the world to keep track of him.
“I am a hybrid,” he says. “Call me what you want ... but I am a true 21st-century multimedia, multi-platform journalist. There is no box you can put me in, and if you put me in a box, I will kill you to try to get out of it.” READ MORE
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