Gwen Ifill (1955–2016)
Autore di The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama
Sull'Autore
Gwendolyn L. Ifill was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York on September 29, 1955. She received a bachelor of arts degree in communications from Simmons College in 1977. After an internship at The Boston Herald-American, she joined The Baltimore Evening Sun in 1981. She was hired by The Washington mostra altro Post in 1984. For three decades, she covered the White House, Congress and national campaigns for The Washington Post, The New York Times, NBC, and PBS. Most recently, she was the moderator and managing editor of the public affairs program Washington Week on PBS and the co-anchor and co-managing editor with Judy Woodruff of NewsHour. She was the moderator for the vice-presidential candidate debate in the 2004 and 2008 general election campaigns and the co-moderator for the Democratic primary debate in 2016. She received the George Foster Peabody Award for her campaign coverage in 2008. She also received the Fourth Estate Award from the National Press Club and the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism. Her book, The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, was published in 2009. She died from complications of uterine cancer on November 14, 2016 at the age of 61. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Center for American Progress
Opere di Gwen Ifill
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Ifill, Gwen L.
- Data di nascita
- 1955-09-29
- Data di morte
- 2016-11-14
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Causa della morte
- cancer
- Luogo di residenza
- Queens, New York, USA
Staten Island, New York, USA
Manhattan, New York, USA
Buffalo, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Maryland, USA - Istruzione
- Simmons College (BA|1977)
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
reporter
news anchor - Relazioni
- Woodruff, Judy (colleague)
Ifill, Sherrilyn A. (cousin) - Organizzazioni
- Boston Herald-American
Evening Sun
Washington Post
New York Times
NBC
PBS (mostra tutto 9)
Washington Week
NewsHour
Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland - Premi e riconoscimenti
- George Foster Peabody Award
National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame (2012)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 1
- Utenti
- 171
- Popolarità
- #124,899
- Voto
- 3.3
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 7
I like that she interviewed so many people in depth. I felt that the generational divide is often overlooked, but is probably as important, if not more, than some of the other divides she explores - race, gender, party. For instance contrasting Jesse Jackson Jr. to Jesse Jackson Sr. was really enlightening. I also thought it was interesting to learn about what situations it helped or hurt to focus campaigns on race/gender. Also, I was interested in the chapter on Deval Patrick as well. I also liked the section on Cory Booker, recognizing him from an appearance on The Colbert Report. The ending though, with a series of vignettes about rising or minor political figures seemed fairly repetitive. The main message - that 'breakthroughs' are increasingly common, got lost in the shuffle.
I heard about this book from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and put it on my wishlist where it sat until mid 2011. But its interesting reading this book now (July 2011) and reflecting back on how focused the nation was on race/gender in 08 and how since then the national discourse has moved on to other things, mainly economic.
So, while I think some of the aspects covered are still relevant, especially since no magic wand has or will wave away racism/sexism and these will likely continue to be some factor in the political sphere into the future. But, because these issues are framed from the contemporaneous perspective of the 2008 election the book will have diminishing relevance and increasing nostalgia over time.
Of course, as 30rocketjk commented on another thread, the change in relevance of this book would be the case for anything written on a contemporaneous topic, but could increase in relevancy for historians as primary source materials.
Personally, I think what will be relevant as source material will more likely be what came out of the interviews rather than from Ifill herself. But, who knows. YMMV.
Quick read overall. 3.5 stars.… (altro)