Black experts at the press briefing
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 26, 2024
Former State Department Deputy Spokesperson Jalina Porter takes questions in Washington. (Courtesy of Jalina Porter)
In early August 2008, the questions were coming in at a rapid-fire pace from reporters gathered in the U.S. Department of State’s press room in Washington. It was Robert Wood’s first day as the department’s acting spokesman, and he answered many questions on Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, Georgia.
“It was an extraordinary moment to begin the job,” says Wood, now an alternate representative at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. He had dreamed . . .
