SAN ANTONIO — The legacy of longtime KENS 5 journalist Gary DeLaune is living on with the formation of a scholarship in his name.
Jordan Jackson, a senior at MacArthur High School, is the inaugural recipient of the Gary DeLaune Memorial Journalism NEISD Scholarship.
Jackson is an outstanding journalism student and accomplished photographer who has worked on the school yearbook and newspaper staffs. He will be attending St. Edward's University this fall.
Recipients of the $1,000 scholarship must be graduating seniors who are enrolled in the North East Independent School District's CTE/Journalism program.
DeLaune, who passed away last year at 88, spent six decades working in television and radio, covering everything from Dallas Cowboys games to San Antonio high school sports. DeLaune spent 28 years of his career on air with KENS 5.
Earlier in his career, DeLaune covered the assassination of John. F. Kennedy for KLIF radio in Dallas, becoming the first reporter anywhere to go on air with the news of the shooting.
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