"My career defining moment would be covering South Africa," said Les Payne, center, seen here as part of a Meet the Press panel during his time at Newsday. NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images The Two-Way Les Payne, Pulitzer Prize-Winner And NABJ Founder, Dies At 76 March 22, 2018 • He committed himself to improving conditions for African Americans saying "I saw myself as a kind of lead pipe in the hands of people who did not otherwise have a weapon to counter such things."
