The late journalist and newscaster Gwen Ifill will be commemorated with a Forever stamp from the U.S. Postal Service next year. - NBCBLK
In her 17 years at NewsHour, Ifill covered eight presidential campaigns and moderated vice-presidential debates in 2004 and 2008. In 2009, she wrote “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama,” which was published on inauguration day.and the presidential race with class, wisdom and insight, separating her from the pack," Sarah Glover, president of the National Association of Black Journalists, said.
Before her groundbreaking career at PBS, Ifill also wrote for The Washington Post and The New York Times. In the 1990s, she transitioned to television and covered politics and Congress for NBC News. Ifill’s alma mater, Boston’s Simmons College, which she graduated from in 1977, renamed its communications school the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts and Humanities in her honor.“She was the most American of success stories,” said Sherrilynn Ifill, a law professor, director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Gwen Ifill’s cousin. “Her life and her work made this country better.”
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