Gwen Ifill through the years
Shown is Gwen Ifill (former Evening Sun employee) in the WETA studios. Photo is to accompany her essay in the Sun Magazine celebrating the 175th anniversary of the newspaper.
(Gene Sweeney Jr. / Baltimore Sun)
In this Nov. 5, 2015 file photo, “NewsHour” co-anchor Gwen Ifill attends The Women’s Media Center 2015 Women’s Media Awards in New York. Ifill died on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, of cancer, PBS said. She was 61.
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At the Baltimore Book Festival Gwen Ifill takes questions from the audience after she spoke about her book, “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” Anthony McCarthy joined her onstage.
(Algerina Perna / Baltimore Sun)
PBS journalist Gwen Ifill discusses her book “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama” with an audience at the 14th annual Baltimore Book Festival held at Mount Vernon Place on Sunday, September 27, 2009.
(Anthony Castellano / Baltimore Sun)
Gwen Ifill (former Evening Sun employee) in the WETA studios.
(Gene Sweeney Jr. / Baltimore Sun)
In this May 13, 2009, file photo, then-Attorney General Eric Holder talks with Gwen Ifill during a NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. Ifill died on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, of cancer, PBS said. She was 61.
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In this June 1, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama removes his suit coat as he participates in a televised town hall event at Lerner Theatre in Elkhart, Ind., with PBS NewsHour co-anchor and manager editor Gwen Ifill, left. Ifill died on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, of cancer, PBS said. She was 61.
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