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Whitney Houston Exhibit Comes To Grammy Experience In Newark

Alexandra Hill
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News

Fans can now celebrate the life and legacy of Whitney Houston in her hometown. The Grammy Museum at the Prudential Center has a new exhibition called "Whitney!" that features never-before-seen artifacts that tell the story of Houston from her childhood in Newark to her rise to stardom.

 

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A collection of Whiney Houston's Grammy Awwards and gowns inside the Whitney! exhibit at the Grammy Museum Experience at Newark's Prudential Center

Alexandra Hill began her work with WBGO in June of 2012 in the news department. A graduate of the Rutgers Newark journalism program, Alexandra was also a student of WBGO News Director Doug Doyle. Alexandra has since become the lead general assignment reporter, afternoon news anchor, and producer of the award winning live call in show Newark Today. Since working for WBGO Alexandra has covered politics in and around Newark including the 2014 mayoral campaign of Mayor Ras Baraka as well as the senate campaigns of former Newark Mayor and now U.S. Senator Cory Booker in both 2013 and 2014. Alexandra also covers a host of human-interest stories, and has been recognized by the New York Association Of Black Journalists for her piece entitled Sheltering Newark’s Homeless.