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A fact from Bea Hines appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Bea Hines, the first African-American woman to become a reporter at the Miami Herald, was sent to report on a riot on her first day at work?

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The result was: promoted by Premeditated Chaos talk 22:12, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Bea Hines, the first African American woman to become a reporter at the Miami Herald, was sent out to report on a riot on her first day at work?

Source: "the first Black female reporter in the Herald’s history" "first day on the job as a cub reporter for the Miami Herald... was June 16, 1970" "the Herald’s managing editor, Larry Jinks ... told her a riot had broken out the night before in Miami’s Liberty City"

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Susan Finnegan

Created by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 84 past nominations.

Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 15:26, 16 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hook meets requirements, though it is not rare for this to happen to reporters. I was able to verify the statement and the article looks good. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 23:11, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Mary Mark Ockerbloom per WP:DYKDEFINITE ('the first X to do Y' hooks require exceptional sourcing) how well-sourced is the claim that she was the first African American woman to become a reporter at the Miami Herald? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:50, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - @AirshipJungleman29: The source for the claim is the Miami Herald itself. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    - I suppose that's true (although if it turns out there was someone before my palm will have an urgent meeting with my face). ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:51, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

African American woman or African-American woman?

The article uses each of these versions once (actually, it's "African-American female" in the lede). All three Categories with this term use "African-American". I'm not sure which is correct, but the article should be consistent with itself, and whatever is used there should carry over into the current DYK hook. It's hard to discern the current standard practice for "African American" on Wikipedia. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:37, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]