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Carla Wade, a top Black woman broadcaster in Birmingham, AL, has a rich broadcasting career spanning over two decades. Growing up in a family of educators, she discovered her passion for talking and teaching, which led her to journalism. Her career has been marked by challenges, including constant changes at a startup station and ownership shifts, but she has built resilience and worked with talented teams. She found her stride in Las Vegas, earning three regional Emmy nominations and wins, and covering the devastating 2017 country music festival shooting. Today, she advocates for authenticity in newsrooms and worries about low pay burning out young journalists.

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