Folasade Olayinka Baderinwa (born April 14, 1969), known professionally as Sade Baderinwa ( ), is an American
broadcast journalist
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. Since 2003, she has been a
news anchor
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at
WABC-TV
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, the
ABC
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flagship station in
New York, and currently co-anchors the weekday 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts of ''Eyewitness News'' with
Bill Ritter.
Early life and education
Baderinwa was born to a Nigerian father and a German mother.
At age seven, her mother no longer took part in her life and her father returned to Africa, leaving her in the custody of a family friend.
She was subsequently adopted in
Baltimore
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by
WBAL-TV
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anchor Edie House, whose parents also provided additional support.
When Baderinwa was 12, her birth mother eventually took her in to live with her family in nearby
Montgomery County.
She has since continued to maintain contact with her biological parents, as well as with her adoptive family.
Baderinwa graduated from the
University of Maryland, College Park
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's
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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CANR was founded in January 2005 after the release of revised university statuses in Dece ...
with a degree in agricultural business and resource economics.
Career
Early career
Baderinwa began her career as a production assistant for
ABC News
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' various programs, including ''
This Week With David Brinkley'', ''
Nightline'', ''
World News Tonight'', and News One.
She went on to become a reporter trainee at
WUSA-TV
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, the
CBS
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affiliate in
Washington, D.C.
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, before becoming a reporter at
WSLS-TV
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, the
NBC
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affiliate in
Roanoke, Virginia
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.
Baderinwa joined WBAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Baltimore, in February 2000.
There, she anchored the morning and noon newscasts and also hosted a weekly community affairs show.
2003–present: WABC-TV
In 2003, Baderinwa joined WABC-TV as a reporter and anchor for the station's noon newscast''
'' before joining
Diana Williams
Diana Williams (born July 18, 1958) is a retired American television journalist. She was a news anchor at WABC television in New York City, where she co-anchored the one-hour 5 p.m. ''Eyewitness News'' broadcast. She also hosted the Sunday mo ...
as co-anchor of the 5 p.m. newscast.
On the evening of July 23, 2004, while preparing a report on location outside of 257 Hudson Street in
about local flooding, she was struck by a
hit and run
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Additional obligation
In many jurisdictions, there may be a ...
driver who went through police lines, and was rendered unconscious following the collision. After undergoing multiple surgeries and months of physical therapy,
Baderinwa returned on-air on December 13, 2004, but continued receiving physical therapy five times a week following her return. The driver in the collision was never caught.
On October 27, 2006, Baderinwa appeared on ''
The View'' as a guest co-host.
In May 2011, Baderinwa became co-anchor of the 11 p.m. newscast with Bill Ritter, replacing
Liz Cho
Liz Cho is a news anchor at WABC-TV in New York City. She has co-anchored the weekday 4 and 6 p.m. editions of ''Eyewitness News''.
Early life and education
Cho grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, and has a younger brother, Andrew. She was born ...
, who vacated the slot to anchor the station's new 4 p.m newscast, which debuted after the end of ''
The Oprah Winfrey Show
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''.
She has also been a regular moderator at the
United Nations
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' celebration of
International Women's Day
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.
See also
*
New Yorkers in journalism
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New Yorkers in journalism
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References
External links
WABC-TV Sade Baderinwa Bio
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1969 births
American reporters and correspondents
American television journalists
American women television journalists
Television anchors from Baltimore
American people of German descent
American people of Nigerian descent
Living people
Television anchors from New York City
New York (state) television reporters
University of Maryland, College Park alumni
American adoptees
African-American women journalists
African-American journalists
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
African American adoptees