You didn't have to meet Gwen Ifill to be inspired by her integrity.
As many Black women journalists mourn her passing, we also remember this: Gwen Ifill was more than a brilliant Black journalist. She was simply a brilliant journalist, period.
It was a master class to watch the way she
handled a roundtable full of men on Meet the Press or singlehandedly
commanded a Vice Presidential debate. Her work stood on its own. She was
unflappable.
Even but exacting in her reporting. She got it right. And
she smiled at us and extended a hand to her little sisters, so eager to
follow her path.
We reached out to a few Black female journalists for their memories and reflections, in her honor.
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