Carmen Fields
Carmen Fields | |
|---|---|
| Education | Boston University (MS), Lincoln University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and writer |
| Father | Ernie Fields |
Carmen Fields is a Boston journalist.
Early life, education, and career
Fields grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was raised by her parents, Bernice Copeland Fields and musician Ernie Fields.[1]
Fields majored in journalism at Lincoln University, Missouri.[2] Fields also studied at Boston University's School of Communication and graduated with a master's degree in broadcast journalism in 1973.[1] Fields' first journalism job was at the Boston Globe. Fields went on to work as a television reporter and anchor. Fields was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe that reported on school desegregation in Boston.[3] Fields' interview with Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan, in 1980 was nominated for a regional Emmy.[1]
She was also an assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University.[4] In 2023, Fields published Going Back to T-Town: The Ernie Fields Territory Big Band, a book based on her father's travels with his band during the Jim Crow.[5][6][7] She is married to author, Lorenz Finison.[8]
Recognition
In 2023, she was recognized as one of "Boston’s most admired, beloved, and successful Black Women leaders" by the Black Women Lead project.[9][10][11] Fields was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize along with the Globe team for (COM’73) for its coverage of the bitter racial divide over court-ordered busing to desegregate the city’s schools in 1975.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Carmen Fields Tells Her Story". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ Staff, Community Advocate (2024-11-02). "Award-winning journalist Carmen Fields shares her most personal story". Fifty Plus Advocate. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ a b "Opening Doors: Carmen Fields (COM'73), Pioneering Journalist". Boston University. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ "Carmen Fields". GBH. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ "Boston journalist Carmen Fields tells the story of her father's territory big band". www.wbur.org. 2024-01-30. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ Osborn, Angela (2025-02-06). "Going Back to T-Town: The Ernie Fields Territory Big Band by Carmen Fields". Boston Athenaeum. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ "Music and memories: Local journalist Carmen Fields recalls her musician father in debut book – The Bay State Banner". baystatebanner.com. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ "Needham resident will discuss her life and career in the information and entertainment business". The Rotary Club of Needham. April 26, 2022. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ "Black Women Lead". Greater Grove Hall Main Streets. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ Sullivan, Mike (2023-10-04). "Portraits along Blue Hill Avenue honor Boston's Black women leaders". CBS Boston. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ Gaskin, Ed (10 April 2025). Black Women Lead: Boston's Most Admired, Beloved, and Iconic Leaders, 1700 - Present. Independently published. ISBN 979-8317465209.