Bobbi Booker
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- Host, Spirit Soul Music, WRTI-FM (Philadelphia, PA)
- Managing Editor, PlanPhilly, WHYY-FM (Philadelphia, PA)
Philadelphia
As seen in:
WHYY-FM (Philadelphia, PA),
WRTI-FM (Philadelphia, PA),
LinkedIn,
Medium,
NPR,
AXS,
Lonely Planet,
Philadelphia Magazine,
Temple University News,
WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA),
Philadelphia Tribune,
Pocono Record
and
Covers:
Travel, Technology, Entertainment, Literature, Black & African American Culture, Leisure, Gadgets, Music, Lifestyle
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Bobbi Booker’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Multi-media journalist Bobbi I. Booker has covered race, pop culture and lifestyle issues for over 20 years as a beat writer and weeknight host of Jazz Through The Night and Spirit Soul Music on Ovations on WRTI 90.1 Fm in Philadelphia/USA.
The near lifelong scribe was among the first music writers to document the birth of the Neo Soul Sounds of Illadephia, where The Roots, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Kindred:The Family Soul, Jazmine Sullivan and Lauren Hill debuted their talents.
Her journalism h…
Bobbi Booker’s Journalist Portfolio
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Interview
See all 10 answers →Have you ever used a typewriter?
My father insisted that I take professional typing lessons when I was eight and I learned on the old IBM units with the glass covered keys.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Les Nessman, from WKRP in Cincinnati
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It represents both freedom and power.