OPRAH WINFREY-

QUEEN OF ALL MEDIA

Group 2: Thái An, Phương Giang, Khánh Ngọc, Linh
Ngân, Đỗ Quyên
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
1 BACKGROUND

2 CAREER DEVELOPMENT

3 CURRENT POSITION

4 FAMILY LIFE
BACKGROUND
Childhood
Name: Oprah Gail Winfrey
DOB: January 29, 1954
Parents: Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey
Hometown: Kosciusko, Mississippi

Winfrey's unmarried parents separated soon

after she was born and left her in the care of
her maternal grandmother on the farm.

As a child, Winfrey entertained herself by

"play acting" in front of an "audience" of
farm animals.
6 years old: being sent north to join her
mother and two half-brothers in a Milwaukee
ghetto, an extremely poor and dangerous
neighborhood

12 years old: being sent to live with her father in

Nashville, Tennessee. => began making speeches at
social gatherings and churches => knew that she
wanted to be "paid to talk."

After being called back by her mother, Oprah

confronted with sexual abuse by men that
others in her family trusted.
TURNING POINT
Winfrey said father saved her life. He
was very strict and provided her with
guidance, structure, rules, and books
After those viciscitudes, Winfrey became an excellent
student:
participating in the drama club, debate club, and
student council
winning a full scholarship to Tennessee State
University
being invited to a White House Conference on
Youth
being crowned Miss Fire Prevention by WVOL, a
local Nashville radio station
Winfrey became Miss Black Nashville and
Miss Tennessee during her freshman year at
Tennessee State (1971)

Winfrey took a job at The Nashville

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
affiliate. The show was seen each evening on
WTVF-TV, and she was Nashville's first
African American female co anchor of the
evening news
2. Career
development
Jan 1984
Winfrey takes over as host of AM
Chicago
She relocated to Chicago to helm the low-rated talk show AM Chicago.

Under the auspices of

Winfrey, the show quickly
grew into a rating smash.
Dec 1985
(acting) "The Colour Purple" is
released in cinemas
Winfrey took on a sizable role - Sofia - in
Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated
period drama "The Colour Purple".
She was nominated for an Academy
Award and a Golden Globe for her
performance
Sep 1986
The debut of The
Oprah Winfrey show
AM Chicago launched her to state-wide fame, it was soon renamed
The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated nationally.
It became the highest-rated daytime talk show in the US.
 1987
-1988 Award
winning

1988: The show won

1987: The Oprah
an additional
Winfrey talkshow
‘Daytime Emmy’ for
won three ‘Daytime
‘Outstanding Talk
Emmy Awards’
Show’.

Feb 1993 Winfrey

interviews
Michael Jackson
This was MJ’s first TV interview for over a
decade. In the US, the special was
watched by more than 90 million people.
Jackson spoke about childhood abuse
and revealed to the public that he had
the skin condition vitiligo. It is the most
watched interview ever, and fourth most
watched event in American television
history.
 Winfrey won ‘Best Talk Show’ and
1994 ‘Best Talk Show Host’ at the 21st
Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

Became the first woman and the only black

on Forbes list of 400 richest Americans. She
1995 has remained the only black person to rank
among America's 400 richest people nearly
every year since 1995.
1996 Oprah's Book Club
launch
A talk show meant for book discussions.
Books recommended by Winfrey sold
millions of additional copies.

Apr
2000
O, The Oprah
Magazine
Winfrey branched out into the world of
magazines with the self-branded O, The Oprah
Magazine -the most successful start-up ever in
the industry.
Oct Winfrey Obama’s appearance on The Oprah Winfrey
Show (one of several)is viewed as a significant
2006 interviews waypoint in his journey to being elected.
Before the 2008 election, Winfrey endorsed
Barack Obama Obama as her chosen candidate.
Jan Oprah Winfrey Network
2011 (OWN) launch
In 2011, Winfrey celebrated the launch of
her own TV network, dedicated to
entertainment and lifestyle programming.

May
The Oprah Winfrey Show airs its final episode
2011 Winfrey’s hugely successful series came to an end
in 2011, with the expiration of her contract.

In the years since, she has continued to host talk

shows on a number of different platforms, and
currently presents The Oprah Conversation and
Oprah’s Book Club for Apple TV+.
 Winfrey
President Obama recognised Winfrey’s
Nov philanthropy and work as “one of the world’s
most successful broadcast journalists” when
2013
receives the he awarded her the country’s highest civilian
honour in 2013.

Presidential
Medal of
Freedom
 1 INFLUENCE
The Oprah effect: the power of Winfrey's opinions
and endorsement to influence public opinion,
especially consumer purchasing choices.

3. CURRENT The culture of Oprahfication: The Wall Street Journal

coined the term "Oprahfication,” meaning public

POSITION confession as a form of therapy

Winfrey has been credited by Time magazine with

Oprah Winfrey has become one
of the richest and most
influential women in the world
creating a new form of media communication known
as "rapport talk"
Winfrey has really revolutionized TV

WEALTH
2
Oprah Winfrey is one of the richest self-
made women in America, with a net worth
of more than $3 billion
4. Family Life
Never married, never had children.

Oprah and Stedman Graham was engaged in

1992, but they never married.
They decided not to tie the knot, been
together until now.

"Both he and I now say, 'If we had married, we

would not be together,' ”
She is not good at compartmentalizing -
a skill needed when taking care of a child

Oprah
explained why,

She felt she has fulfilled her maternal role

with the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy
for Girls in South Africa
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