Gwendolyn L Ifill was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author.
28 Facts About Gwen Ifill
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Gwen Ifill 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.
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Gwen Ifill authored the best-selling book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.
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Gwen Ifill was posthumously awarded the Dunnigan-Payne Prize for lifetime career achievement on Saturday, April 29,2023 at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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Gwendolyn L Ifill was born in Jamaica, Queens in New York City.
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Gwen Ifill was the fifth of six children of African Methodist Episcopal minister Urcille Ifill Sr.
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Gwen Ifill graduated from Springfield Central High School in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1973.
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Gwen Ifill graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts in communications from Simmons College, a women's college in Boston.
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Gwen Ifill got the job because she didn't let that slow her down.
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Gwen Ifill went on to work for the Baltimore Evening Sun from 1981 to 1984 and for The Washington Post from 1984 to 1991.
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Gwen Ifill left the Post after being told she was not ready to cover Capitol Hill, but was hired by The New York Times, where she covered the White House from 1991 to 1994.
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Gwen Ifill appeared on various news shows, including Meet the Press, Face the Nation, Charlie Rose, Inside Washington, and The Tavis Smiley Show.
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Gwen Ifill served on the boards 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.
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Howard Kurtz described the consensus that Gwen Ifill "acquitted herself well" as moderator.
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Gwen Ifill was the first African-American woman to moderate a vice-presidential debate.
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Gwen Ifill moderated the vice-presidential debate on October 2,2008, between the Democratic US Senator from Delaware Joe Biden and the Republican governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, at Washington University in St Louis.
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The book was mentioned in The Washington Times and appeared in trade catalogues as early as July 2008, well before Gwen Ifill was selected by the debate committee.
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Gwen Ifill was awarded the Women in Film and Video Women of Vision Award in 2000.
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Gwen Ifill was awarded a Peabody Award in 2008 for her work on Washington Week.
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On February 7,2011, Gwen Ifill was named an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta during the sorority's 22nd Annual Delta Days in Washington, DC.
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In June 2009, Gwen Ifill was inducted into the Washington, DC Journalism Hall of Fame by the Washington DC chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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In 2012, Gwen Ifill was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame.
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Gwen Ifill received the Fourth Estate Award from the National Press Club in 2015.
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Gwen Ifill received more than 20 honorary doctorates from universities around the world, including Georgetown University, Smith College, Bates College and Skidmore College.
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On January 30,2020, Gwen Ifill was honored on a US postage stamp.
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Gwen Ifill attended Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church from 1989 until her death.
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Gwen Ifill was close to her large extended family, socialized with Washington luminaries as well as colleagues, and supported and mentored young journalists.
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Gwen Ifill died of breast and endometrial cancer on November 14,2016, at age 61.