Background
Brown, Robert Woodrow was born on January 3, 1912 in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. Son of Emmett Lige and Alma Louise (Garner) Brown.
Brown, Robert Woodrow was born on January 3, 1912 in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. Son of Emmett Lige and Alma Louise (Garner) Brown.
Graduated from the high school. Nieman fellow Harvard, 1951-1952.
Reporter, Hattiesburg (Mississippi) American, 1930-1932. Managing editor Greenville (Mississippi) Delta Star, 1936-1938. Staff correspondent United Press, New Orleans, 1938.
Reporter, city editor Times-Picayune and New Orleans States, 1938-1942.
Assistant city editor Washington Daily News, 1942-1943. News supervisor National Broadcasting Company, 1943-1945.
Executive editor International News Service, 1945-1947. News editor American Broadcasting Company, 1947-1948.
Editor Columbus (Georgia) Ledger, 1948-1957.
Information officer foreign service United States Information Agency, New Delhi, India, 1957-1958. Associate editor Saint St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, 1958-1963. Managing editor Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, 1963.
Editor Rock Hill (South Carolina.) Evening Herald, 1964-1968.
Managing editor Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, 1968-1974. Lecturer American press freedom, India and Iceland, 1954.
Member American Society Newspaper.
Married Sarah Elizabeth Wood, February 6, 1936.