The legendary journalist Gwen Ifill, who died at the age of 61 after battling cancer, will be memorialized on a new U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp. 'She is what everybody should aspire to be,' said Allison Davis, a founder of the NABJ.
Gwen Ifill, one of the nation's most esteemed journalists, will be the face of the U.S. Post Office 43rd stamp in the Black Heritage series.Gwen Ifill, one of the nation's most esteemed journalists, will be the face of the U.S. Post Office 43rd stamp in the Black Heritage series.The legendary journalist knew she'd served as a trailblazer for women and especially a beacon of what is professionally possible for women of color.
And yet, more than three years after her death, Ifill is still making breakthroughs. This time, on a stamp. Ifill, who died at the age of 61 after battling cancer, will be memorialized on a new U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp. She'll be the"She touched my life because she was a damn good reporter," Allison Davis, one of the founders of the National Association of Black Journalists told NPR."She is what everybody should aspire to be."
Ifill started out writing for newspapers at a time when it was rare to have a black woman in the newsroom — the late 1970s. "I came to work one day and found that someone had left at my workspace a little note that said [expletive] go home," Ifill
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