Emily Barr ’80 Profiled by Chicago Tribune
Emily Barr ’80, former member of the Carleton board of trustees and longtime general manager of Chicago’s WLS-Ch. 7, is profiled in the Aug. 29 edition of the Chicago Tribune. The piece talks about WLS’s transition as The Oprah Winfrey Show ends and Barr attempts to fill that time slot, as WLS is where Winfrey got her start. The piece looks back at Barr’s career, which at its beginnings of her GM tenure at WLS made her a bit of a trailblazer in a mostly male-dominated field.
Emily Barr ’80, former member of the Carleton board of trustees and longtime general manager of Chicago’s WLS-Ch. 7, is profiled in the Aug. 29 edition of the Chicago Tribune. The piece talks about WLS’s transition as The Oprah Winfrey Show ends and Barr attempts to fill that time slot, as WLS is where Winfrey got her start. The piece looks back at Barr’s career, which at its beginnings of her GM tenure at WLS made her a bit of a trailblazer in a mostly male-dominated field.