"Gwen Ifill, the veteran journalist and co-anchor of PBS’ Newshour with Judy Woodruff, died Monday of cancer, the network said. She was 61.
“Gwen was one of America’s leading lights in journalism and a fundamental reason public media is considered a trusted window on the world by audiences across the nation,” Paula Kerger, the president and CEO of PBS, said in a statement.
“Her contributions to thoughtful reporting and civic discourse simply cannot be overstated. She often said that her job was to bring light rather than heat to issues of importance to our society,” Kerger said.
A former newspaper reporter – she reported for the Boston Herald, the Washington Post and the New York Times – Ifill switched to television and worked for NBC News and PBS.
Ifill took a leave from her nightly show for health reasons earlier this year, never making her illness public. A week ago she went on leave again, taking her away from election night coverage.
She moderated two vice-presidential debates in previous races, including 2008’s debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. In 2009 she penned the book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.
"Gwen Ifill, the veteran journalist and co-anchor of PBS’ Newshour with Judy Woodruff, died Monday of cancer, the network said. She was 61.
“Gwen was one of America’s leading lights in journalism and a fundamental reason public media is considered a trusted window on the world by audiences across the nation,” Paula Kerger, the president and CEO of PBS, said in a statement.
“Her contributions to thoughtful reporting and civic discourse simply cannot be overstated. She often said that her job was to bring light rather than heat to issues of importance to our society,” Kerger said.
A former newspaper reporter – she reported for the Boston Herald, the Washington Post and the New York Times – Ifill switched to television and worked for NBC News and PBS.
Ifill took a leave from her nightly show for health reasons earlier this year, never making her illness public. A week ago she went on leave again, taking her away from election night coverage.
She moderated two vice-presidential debates in previous races, including 2008’s debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. In 2009 she penned the book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama."
Gwen Ifill, PBS Newshour anchor and veteran journalist, dies aged 61 | Media | The Guardian
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