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Tag: Gwen Ifill
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New Black Heritage Series Stamp Honors Journalist Gwen Ifill
The United States Postal Service is creating a Black Heritage series of Forever stamps for 2020, including a stamp memorializing PBS journalist Gwen Ifill. The stamp features a 2008 photo of Ifill by photographer Robert Severi. Ifill passed away from cancer in 2016 at age 61. The broadcast journalist was known for moderating vice presidential […]
October 23, 2019
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New Dean of Simmons University Gwen Ifill College Stirs Controversy
The recent appointment of Dr. Brian Norman, a White man, as the dean of the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and the Humanities at Simmons University has created mixed opinions about whether he is the right person for the position. Ifill, a 1977 graduate of Simmons, was an African-American journalist and host of the […]
October 12, 2018
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Simmons College to Name School for Late Journalist Gwen Ifill
Simmons College announced Tuesday the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts and Humanities in honor of Ifill, who graduated from the private Boston college with a communications degree in 1977.
November 14, 2017
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PBS Newscaster Gwen Ifill Dies
Veteran journalist and newscaster Gwen Ifill has died of cancer at age 61.
November 14, 2016
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