Carole Simpson (born December 7, 1940)[1][2] is an American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author. She is the first African-American woman to anchor a major United States network newscast.[3]
Simpson, a graduate of the University of Michigan,[2] began her career on radio at WCFL in Chicago, Illinois, and was later hired at WBBM. She moved to television at Chicago's WMAQ and onto NBC News in 1975, becoming the first African-American woman to anchor a major network newscast.[3] She joined ABC News in 1982, and was an anchor for the weekend edition of World News Tonight from 1988 until October 2003.[2]
Simpson is a former member of the Radio Television Digital News Foundation Board of Trustees, an affiliate of the Radio Television Digital News Association. There, she established the Carole Simpson Scholarship to encourage and help minority students overcome hurdles along their career path, which is offered annually to aspiring journalists.[7]
In 2010, her autobiography, Newslady, was published by AuthorHouse.[8]
^Kornheiser, Tony; Wilbon, Michael (October 21, 2002). . The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 23, 2002. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
"Carole Simpson Honored in 1993 with Striving for Excellence Awards" through The Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program
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