Gwen Ifill

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Gwen Ifill (2012)

Gwendolyn L. "Gwen" Ifill (born September 29, 1955 in New York City , New York - † November 14, 2016 in Washington, DC ) was an American journalist , television presenter and author .

Life

Ifill was born the fifth child of Eleanor and Oliver Urdill Ifill in Jamaica , a borough of Queens . Her father was a preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church , who - the family originally came from Barbados - immigrated to the United States from Panama . The mother was also from Barbados. Due to his father's work, Ifill grew up in different states. She lived u. a. in Pennsylvania , Massachusetts and New York.

Ifill attended Simmons College in Boston and graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications .

Ifill died at the age of 61 in a Washington hospice of complications from endometrial cancer .

Professional background

Ifill first worked as a journalist for the Boston Herald , Baltimore Evening Sun , Washington Post and New York Times newspapers . At the New York Times she was temporarily responsible for the reporting of the White House and in 1992 accompanied the presidential candidacy of Bill Clinton . Through the mediation of Tim Russert , her television career began in 1999 as a reporter for NBC , where she was responsible for the congress . From 1999 until her death she worked for the non-commercial TV station PBS . There she was first presenter and editor-in-chief of the weekly political television magazine Washington Week . She later co-hosted and co-edited the main daily news show, PBS NewsHour , with Judy Woodruff . She moderated the vice presidential debates in 2004 and 2008, as well as one of the numerous presidential debates by Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in 2015 .

Awards

Ifill was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006.

Works

Web links

Commons : Gwen Ifill  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kelsey Sutton, Hadas Gold: Gwen Ifill dies at age 61 . politico .com, November 14, 2016, accessed on November 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Gwen Ifill Biography. The Biography Channel , November 15, 2016, accessed November 19, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Carol Brennan: Black Biography: Gwen Ifill. Gale Contemporary Black Biography, 2008, archived from the original on November 4, 2012 ; accessed on November 19, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ a b c d e Yamiche Alcindor: Thousands of mourners celebrate Gwen Ifill's tenacity and grace. In: The New York Times . November 19, 2016, accessed November 20, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Claire Suddath: Debate Moderator Gwen Ifill. Time , October 2, 2008, accessed November 19, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Gwen Ifill. Notable Names Database , 2008, accessed November 19, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Sam Roberts: Gwen Ifill, political reporter and co-anchor of 'PBS NewsHour,' dies at 61. In: The New York Times . November 14, 2016, accessed November 20, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Ifill, Gwen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ifill, Gwendolyn L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist, news anchor, and author
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 2016
Place of death Washington, DC