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PBS newscaster Gwen Ifill dies after battle with cancer : fox8





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PBS newscaster Gwen Ifill dies after battle with cancer

PBS newscaster Gwen Ifill dies after battle with cancer
PBS newscaster Gwen Ifill dies after battle with cancer
× PBS newscaster Gwen Ifill dies after battle with cancerLOS ANGELES– Gwen Ifill, the veteran journalist and newscaster who co-hosted PBS NewsHour, has died, her close friend Michele Norris confirmed on Monday.Ifill, 61, had been battling cancer.Ifill, who worked at The Washington Post, The New York Times and NBC News, became moderator of PBS's "Washington Week in Review" in 1999 and co-host of NewsHour in 2013.She and co-host Judy Woodruff were the first women to co-host a nightly news broadcast.


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Gwen Ifill, PBS journalist, dies of cancer at age 61, PBS says

Gwen Ifill, PBS journalist, dies of cancer at age 61, PBS says
Gwen Ifill, PBS journalist, dies of cancer at age 61, PBS says
Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS' "NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff and a veteran journalist who moderated two vice presidential debates, died Monday of cancer, the network said.She was 61.A former reporter for The New York Times and The Washington Post, Ifill switched to television in the 1990s and covered politics and Congress for NBC News.She moved to PBS in 1999 as host of "Washington Week" and also worked for the nightly "NewsHour" program.


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PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer

PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer
PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer
× PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancerNEW YORK — Gwen Ifill, the veteran journalist and newscaster who co-anchored "PBS NewsHour," has died, PBS said Monday.Ifill, 61, broke gender and racial barriers and became a role model for journalists across the country.She had been battling endometrial cancer while covering this year's presidential election.PBS said in a statement that she died Monday "surrounded by family and friends.""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 PBS president and CEO, said.


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