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By Teresa Simmons
Getting up early Thurs
day mornings and having
the paper on the press by 6
a.m. might not sound like
too much fun for those late
night movie watchers, but
for Bernard Reeves, Ge
neral Manager of tbe_
Charlotte Post and employ
ee for 11 years, the process
has become second nature.
Reeves, one of the key
personalities in the opera
tion has knowledge about
Just about every vein of the
paper. He is chief dark
EBpm technician and head
of the Production Staff. He
has the talent to fix any
machine that even acts like
it doesn’t want to work.
Reeves also, screens ap
plicants, budgets and com
pletes forecasting and re
viewing for the company’s
financial aspects. Also in
the absence of the publish
er-editor, Bill Johnson,
Reeves directs the overall
operations and participates
in planning for changes in
operation.
Being able to utilise both
of his bachelor of arts de
grees: one in Business
Administration and the
other in Afro-American
Studies (UNC-Charlotte),
is not the only reason
Reeves feels his job is an
enjoyable one.
“I work at the Post be
cause I like the work...
most of all I fed that I am
giving something to the
black community. There is
a vital need for the ser
vices that the Post , pro
vides.”
The Black press has been
important for past gene
rations and will be for fu
tme generations. The rea
son for this is because the
black press fills a void that
is created by the tradi
tional white media - both
print and electronic ”
"The black press is a ve
for 1 1 Years of Outstanding
Community Service We Soy.....
Robert Bernard Reeves
.Post’s General Manager _
hide,” Reeves continued,
"by which blacks can tell
their story or express their
opinions..most of all I fed
the paper stands firm be
side its motto: “For and
About The People You
Know.*”
Reeves has praise for Ote
versatility of other Poet
employees. On most week
ly newspapers it is taken
for granted that an em
ployee will learn various
aspects of the business.
Even though many employ
ees don’t have as many
responsibilities as
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Reeves, the hands-on
experience in various
areas is as real as the
paper produced each
Thursday.
In referring to his co
workers, Reeves comment
ed: “It takes a special
person to work for a news
ception.
An active gentleman in
the world of civic duties,
Reeves is the church clerk,
vice president of the Chris
tian Education Depart
ment and Cub Scout leader
at Steele Creek A ME Zion
Churchy -
He is a member of the
Charlotte Alumni Chapter
of Kappa Alpha Psi Fra
ternity, where be holds the
office of Keeper of Records
and is Editor of the Pro
vince newsletter. He also
advises the Zeta Delta un
dergraduate chapter at the
University of North Caro
lina at Charlotte. As a re
sult of his caring nature, he
received the “Advisor of
the Year” award for the
province, 1964-85.
As a member of the black
tennis association of
Charlotte (BATCH),
Reeves has a smart col
lection of several trophies
For this organization, he
serves as treasurer. He is
also treasurer of the South
eastern Racquet Associa
tion (SRA),
Reeves is president of the
UNCC Black Interest
Group and serves on the
Board of the UNCC Ge
neral Alumni. Married to
Deborah, a Char lot te
Mecklenburg School teach
er, the couple has two
children, Jermarr, nine,
and Tarryn, six. Hobbies
for Reeves include play
ing tennis, fishing, photo
graphy, and meeting
people.
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