Gwen Ifill

US Journalist, television newscaster, and author

Gwendolyn L.Ifill (/'a?f?l/ EYE-f?l;September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016) was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author.In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program with Washington Week in Review.

She was the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor and co-managing editor, with Judy Woodruff, of the PBS NewsHour, both of which air on PBS.

Ifill was a political analyst and moderated the 2004 and 2008 vice-presidential debates.She authored the best-selling book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.