Phillip A. Jones died Nov. 10, 2025, at the age of 87. He received his degree in broadcast journalism and philosophy and began a broadcast career at WLWI-TV13, now WTHR, while serving in the U.S. Army. Jones's most notable work was recognized by the national Robert F. Kennedy journalism award for an hour-long documentary he produced on race relations with the Detroit Police Department after the Detroit riot. He also received Associated press and Detroit Press Club Foundation honors for coverage of the 1967 riot and police-Black Panther confrontations. In 1971, Jones became broadcast news relations manager for Michigan Bell (later to become Ameritech). He retired in 1994 as director of media relations for Ameritech Michigan. For more than 20 years, he taught courses in public relations, broadcast news writing, broadcast performance and audio production as a part-time instructor at WSU.