Leon Bibb's family moved to Cleveland from Alabama, when he was a child. He graduated from Glenville High School. After graduating from Bowing Green State University, his career in journalism was interrupted by the Vietnam War, where he received a Bronze Star for his service under fire. He worked as a television reporter in Toledo and Columbus before returning to Cleveland in 1979 to become an anchor and reporter at WKYC Channel 3. He retired in 2017.
Lori Stokes is the youngest child of Louis Stokes. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University and Howard University. She has worked in television journalism since 1986, reporting for stations in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Baltimore, Maryland. She also worked at MSNBC and is currently a morning television anchor in New York City.
Richard Peery is a retired reporter from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He is also a former reporter for the Call and Post newspaper. Raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he has lived in Cleveland, Ohio, for 40 years, and served as president of the Writer's Guild union at the Plain Dealer, and has continued his activism in the community.
Virgil Dominic was born in Oklahoma in 1934. He first came to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965 when he served as news anchor at WKRYC Channel 3. He moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to work at that city's ABC affiliate in 1972. In 1976 he returned to Cleveland,to become news director at WJW Channel 8, and eventually became the station's general manager, retiring from the station in 1995. HE is a member of five hall of fames: Cleveland Broadcasters, Cleveland Press Club, Ohio Broadcasters, Associated Press, and UPI.