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In August of 1973, after attending the Michelle Clark Fellowship Program for Minority Journalists at Columbia University, Pinkston was promoted to WLBT\\u2019s 6:00 PM newscast, the first African American to anchor the #1 newscast at Mississippi\\u2019s #1 television station. In 1974, he accepted a position with Post-Newsweek Station WJXT-TV, a CBS affiliate\\xa0in Jacksonville, Florida, as the urban affairs director and producer. In 1976, Pinkston transferred to Post-Newsweek\\u2019s WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut, where he held posts as anchor, reporter and producer of public affairs programs.

While working in Hartford, he earned his J.D.\\xa0degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1980. That same year, Pinkston was hired as a correspondent with WCBS-TV, where he worked until 1990 when he was appointed as a CBS News White House correspondent. Pinkston reported on stories of national and international significance from the Persian Gulf War to the nomination of Justice Clarence Thomas. In 1994, he moved to the CBS New York news bureau and served as a correspondent for\\xa0CBS Evening News\\xa0as well as a contributor, reporter and correspondent for other CBS news broadcasts, including\\xa0CBS Reports, CBS\\xa048 Hours,\\xa0and CBS\\xa0Sunday Morning. \\xa0In 2013, Pinkston ended a thirty-three year career with CBS. His final report\\xa0included an interview with Myrlie Evers Williams on Medgar Evers\\u2019 efforts to open broadcasting to minorities.\\xa0

After CBS, Pinkston worked as an adjunct professor at the City University of New York School of Journalism and The University of Mississippi Meek School of Journalism, and as a freelance journalist for Al Jazeera America.\\xa0

Pinkston\\u2019s work was first recognized by the Great New York Safety Council for his reporting on underage drunk driving and its influence in the shaping of New York state law on underage drinking and driving. He is the recipient of\\xa0a national Emmy award and an Edward R. Murrow Award for his work on\\xa0CBS Reports\\u2019\\xa0\\u201cLegacy of Shame,\\u201d\\xa0and two other national Emmy awards for reporting on\\xa0the death of Princess Diana and the TWA Flight 800 disaster. He has also received a Community Service Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for a report on the aids crisis among African Americans.

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