Brilliance, courage defined journalist, and amigo, Karanja Ajanaku

By , Daily Memphian Updated: July 09, 2025 10:25 AM CT | Published: July 09, 2025 10:00 AM CT
Otis Sanford
Daily Memphian

Otis Sanford

Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu. 

One day in late May 1977, a young Black man took a seat at a desk for his first day as a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.

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