Gwen Ifill

Gwendolyn L. "Gwen" Ifill (; September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016) was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. She was the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor and co-managing editor, with Judy Woodruff, of PBS NewsHour, both of which air on PBS. 

Ifill was a political analyst and moderated the 2004 and 2008 American vice-presidential debates. In 2016, she moderate the New Hampshire Democratic Primary debate between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.

She was the author of the best-selling book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.

Ifill died of endometrial cancer while under hospice care in Washington, D.C. on November 14, 2016, at age 61. 

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Other websites

 Gwen Ifill at PBS NewsHour
 Gwen Ifill  at Washington Week

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