Author and journalist Wanda Lloyd retired as executive editor of the Montgomery (AL) Advertiser. She has been an editor at seven daily newspapers, including The Washington Post and USA Today.
Author and journalist Wanda Lloyd retired as executive editor of the Montgomery (AL) Advertiser. She has been an editor at seven daily newspapers, including The Washington Post and USA Today. She served as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Savannah State University. She is the founding executive director of the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute at Vanderbilt University. Lloyd transformed her career from being a top newspaper editor to becoming a non-fiction author. Her memoir, Coming Full Circle: From Jim Crow to Journalism was published in 2020. She is also co-editor/essayist of Meeting at the Table: African American Women Write on Race, Culture and Community, also published in 2020. in 2025 she was inducted into the UNCF Hall of Honor and the Spelman College alumnae Hall of Fame. In 2019 she was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame.
Wanda Lloyd
"Join Wanda Lloyd and David Pilgrim for a conversation on race relations in America and their works Coming Full Circle: From Jim Crow to Journalism (Lloyd) and Haste to Rise: A Remarkable Experience of Black Education During Jim Crow (Pilgrim). Hosted by Jared Porter."
Read more"Newspaper editor Wanda Lloyd is a self-professed “word nerd.” She uses her love of words to raise awareness about common mistakes and misuses, poking fun at the ways even professionals get words and letters mixed up. “Come on, now,” she implores. We can all play a part in making the world a better place because words do matter."
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