Gwen Ifill
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| Gwen Ifill | ||
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| Born | September 29, 1955 | |
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| Occupation | Journalist | |
| Notable credit(s) | Host of Washington Week. | |
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Gwen Ifill (born September 29, 1955) is an American journalist working for PBS. She is also a political pundit who appears on cable news shows.
She graduated from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. She serves on the board of the Harvard Institute of Politics, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Museum of Television and Radio and the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
She earlier worked for the Boston Herald, the Baltimore Evening Sun, The Washington Post, The New York Times and NBC. Ifill became moderator of the PBS program Washington Week in Review in October 1999 and is also senior correspondent for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. On October 5, 2004, she moderated the vice presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. She also co-hosted with Kaitlyn Adkins Jamestown LIVE!, a History Channel special commemorating the 400th anniversary of Jamestown in 2007.
Ifill is a black woman in public affairs programming and recognizes that she is a potential role model for black children.[1]
[edit] Early Life
She is the daughter of a pastor.[2]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Gwen Ifill Biography
- About Gwen Ifill
- 2004 Vice Presidential Debate Transcript
- Black Biography: Gwen Ifill
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