but you heard them today for asell moore, crowds of colleagues, friends and loved ones gathered to say not just good-bye but also thank you to a man who changed careers. >> asell helped me get a job in philadelphia. >> reporter: newsrooms. >> he was just an important presence in trying to improve journalism by improving the diversity of newsrooms. >> reporter: how african-americans are covered in the news. his impact was big as co-founder of the national association of black journalists, a pulitzer prize winner but it was filled with small gestures. >> i had not been in the business for two weeks before he reached out and gave me a call. the first question i had was how do you know about me? >> columnist elmer smith tells me acel moore wanted him to know there was a place for him. >> i don't know what it must have been like for them, for the ones who didn't have anybody in front of them but i thank god for acel and others who said come on board. >> smith tells me that legacy continues, his granddaughter is now in journalism. and that belief that acel moore had in him now lives on. in g