Carole Simpson (born December 7, 1940) is an American

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, and

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. She is the first African-American woman to anchor a major United States network newscast.

Education and career

Simpson, a graduate of the

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, began her career on radio at WCFL in

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, and was later hired at WBBM. She moved to television at Chicago's WMAQ and onto

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in 1975, becoming the first African-American woman to anchor a major network newscast. She joined

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in 1982, and was an anchor for the weekend edition of '' World News Tonight'' from 1988 until October 2003. She became the first woman of color to moderate a presidential debate when she moderated the debate held between

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, and

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, at

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, in 1992. That same year she was the recipient of the Journalist of the Year Award from the

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. Simpson is on the Advisory Council at the

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. She retired from ABC News in 2006 to begin teaching journalism at

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, where she taught until 2019. Simpson is a former member of the Radio Television Digital News Foundation Board of Trustees, an affiliate of the

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. 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. In 2010, her autobiography, ''Newslady'', was published by

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Personal life

Simpson is a cousin of sportswriter and

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commentator

Michael Wilbon Michael Wilbon (; born ) is an American commentator for ESPN and former sportswriter and columnist for ''The Washington Post''. He is an analyst for ESPN and has co-hosted ''Pardon the Interruption'' on ESPN since 2001. Early life and education ...

References

External links

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"Interview with Carole Simpson"
Retrieved November 27, 2007.
"Carole Simpson 2008 Schwartz Visiting Fellow"

"Carole Simpson Honored in 1993 with Striving for Excellence Awards"
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Education and career

Personal life

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