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Joel Brown

Raleigh

Weekend Anchor and Reporter at WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)

Co-anchor of ABC11 Eyewitness News 4 & 5:30•Storyteller•Howard Alum•Philly sports obsessor•Half-marathon medal chaser🥇Aspiring golf legend 🏌🏾

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  • Forget “Barbenheimer.” Try “Desdemilia.”

    1 month ago | bu.edu | Joel Brown

    Theatre CFA playsDESDEMONA a play about a handkerchief and Emilia take on women and Shakespeare on the same set at the Booth Theatre Twitter Facebook The word of the month at the College of Fine Arts School of Theatre is “Desdemilia.” It’s a portmanteau combining the titles DESDEMONA a play about a handkerchief, and Emilia, the school’s spring productions at the Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre. The two plays are linked by connections to Shakespeare and an exploration of women’s roles—and they even...

  • Red Hat partners with Griot & Grits to preserve Black family histories through AI

    Feb 28, 2025 | abc11.com | Joel Brown

    RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- In a pioneering effort to document and preserve Black family histories, Raleigh-based tech giant Red Hat has joined forces with local initiative Griot & Grits to create an innovative AI-powered repository of African American stories. Founded by Ty McDuffie, Griot & Grits began as a podcast aimed at helping Black listeners document their family histories.

  • Duke researchers achieve breakthrough in HIV vaccine development

    Jan 15, 2025 | abc11.com | Joel Brown

    DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Scientists at Duke University's Human Vaccine Institute have made a significant advance in the quest for an HIV vaccine, successfully developing a vaccine candidate that could help the immune system produce antibodies needed to fight the virus.

  • NC college student to compete for Miss America this weekend. She can tackle too.

    Jan 3, 2025 | msn.com | Joel Brown

  • NC college student to compete for Miss America this weekend. She can tackle too.

    Jan 3, 2025 | charlotteobserver.com | Joel Brown

    Carrie Everett, who won Miss North Carolina in June 2024 and the Miss Johnston County competition before that, brings an unusual athletic background to the pageant world. ABC11 An N.C. Central University sophomore will take the national stage this weekend as she competes for the Miss America title in Orlando. Carrie Everett, who won Miss North Carolina in June 2024 and the Miss Johnston County competition before that, brings an unusual athletic background to the pageant world.

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