A 15-year-old blind piano playing prodigy is making his mark on the music world. Record entertainment reporterJim Beckerman talks about Matthew Whitaker in this episode of On the Record. Photo by Marko  Georgiev.

Blind 15-year-old piano playing prodigy makes his mark in Hackensack

While not as well-known today, Lowell Thomas was the best-known broadcaster of his generation. He was also an innovator and perhaps the first multi-media journalist, contends Mitchell Stephens, author of "Voice of America - Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th Century Journalism." Stephens talks about Thomas' legacy in this episode of Studio SPJ.

Remembering Lowell Thomas - an interview with biographer Mitchell Stephens

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Blind 15-year-old piano playing prodigy makes his mark in Hackensack

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