From 1965 – 1967 , she worked for a federal War on Poverty program called Total Community Action . She was assigned to a Head Start operation to establish a medical and dental program for underprivileged children . She won a George Foster Peabody Award for an investigative series " City in Crisis " , a study of municipal finances . While still writing for '' Figaro '' , she began broadcasting a weekly political commentary program , '' Saturday Politics , '' on the New Orleans NBC station WDSU-TV , where she was employed from 1967 – 78 . She attended the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City , which confirmed the successful Carter-Mondale ticket . At '' Figaro '' , Kelso wrote a series of stories on her own family , including a focus on her first cousin , Turner Catledge , a former managing editor of '' The New York Times ''
1976 Democratic National Convention
1976 Democratic National Convention
Iris Kelso