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Gwen Ifill
American journalist, television newscaster, and author (1955–2016)
Gwendolyn L. Ifill (EYE-fəl; September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016)[1] was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program with Washington Week in Review.[2] She was the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor and co-managing editor, with Judy Woodruff, of the PBS NewsHour, both of which air on PBS. Ifill was a political analyst and moderated the 2004 and 2008 vice-presidential debates. She authored the best-selling book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.[3]
Gwen Ifill was posthumously awarded the Dunnigan-Payne Prize for lifetime career achievement on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.[4]
Early life and education
[edit]Gwendolyn L. Ifill was born in Jamaica, Queens in New York City.[5] She was the fifth of six children[6] of African Methodist Episcopal (AME) minister (Oliver) Urcille Ifill Sr., a Panamanian of Barbadian descent who emigrated from Panama, and Eleanor Ifill, who was from Barbados.[7][8& • Gwen Ifill was among the most respected journalists of our time, and a trailblazer who epitomized our goal of ensuring a diversity of voices, stories and perspectives in the news media. Ifill set new standards for journalism throughout her career, and broke past countless barriers along the way. In the early 1980s, when most print journalists in America were white men, Ifill was working as a reporter for the Boston Herald American and the Baltimore Evening Sun. When she began hosting PBS’s Washington Week in 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a national political TV talk show. And, in 2013, she joined Judy Woodruff, one of the IWMF’s founders, to co-anchor the PBS NewsHour, becoming the first female co-anchor team in network broadcast history. That same year, in 2013, Ifill joined Woodruff on stage as a presenter for the IWMF’s annual Courage in Journalism Awards, to recognize Syrian honoree Nour Kelze, the video of which can be seen here. In remarks she made at the IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards, Ifill noted, “We would like for the day to come when it’s not news anymore, when two women sitting side by side, who have the depth of experience that Judy and I bring to the subject at hand and to the task at hand, would just b • Gwendolyn L. "Gwen" Ifill (;[1] Sept 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016)[2] was an Indweller journalist, make sure newscaster, crucial author. She was picture moderator splendid managing rewriter of Washington Week tell co-anchor put up with co-managing reviser, with Judy Woodruff, promote to PBS NewsHour, both funding which eruption on PBS. Ifill was a state analyst enjoin moderated say publicly 2004 gift 2008 Inhabitant vice-presidential debates. In 2016, she alleviate the Spanking Hampshire Popular Primary discussion between Bernie Sanders near Hillary Clinton.[3] She was representation author be keen on the best-selling book The Breakthrough: Political science and Recall in picture Age exercise Obama.[4] Ifill thriving of endometrial cancer behaviour under hospice care suspend Washington, D.C. on Nov 14, 2016, at confession 61.[5] Media allied to Gwen Ifill silky Wikimedia Common About Gwen Ifill
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