 Complete the following phrase:  During high school, he started off as a part-time sports reporter in his hometown making five dollars a game. He applied to work for more than fifty newspapers, but only one called him back for an interview. In 1956, he joined the Akron Beacon Journal at age 28 and was a reporter on the state desk. He would be the first black editor at the journal, and would inspire more minorities to join in his field. He was among the first African Americans to be admitted into the American Society of News Editors. His award-winning coverage of the 