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'''Gwen Ifill''' (born September 29, 1955 in [[New York City]]) is a journalist and host of [[PBS]]'s Washington Week. She also appears as a political pundit in [[television]] programs such as [[Meet the Press]] and News Hour with Jim Lehrer. Ifill graduated from Simmons College in [[Boston]] in 1977 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Communications. Her first major job as a reporter was working for the Boston Herald-American. <ref>http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=212144</ref> Her career in journalism focused mostly on politics when writing publications in the [[Washington Post]] and The [[New York Times]]. From 1994-1999 Ifill served as the chief congressional and political correspondent for [[NBC]] [[News]]. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/gwen/</ref> Ifill was then hired by PBS as a senior correspondent, and is currently the moderator for Washington Week. She also occasionally guest host's for Jim Lehrer in News Hour.  

'''Gwen Ifill''' (born September 29, 1955 in [[New York City]]) is a journalist and host of [[PBS]]'s Washington Week. She also appears as a political pundit in [[television]] programs such as [[Meet the Press]] and News Hour with Jim Lehrer. Ifill graduated from Simmons College in [[Boston]] in 1977 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Communications. Her first major job as a reporter was working for the Boston Herald-American. <ref>http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=212144</ref> Her career in journalism focused mostly on politics when writing publications in the [[Washington Post]] and The [[New York Times]]. From 1994-1999 Ifill served as the chief congressional and political correspondent for [[NBC]] [[News]]. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/gwen/</ref> Ifill was then hired by PBS as a senior correspondent, and is currently the moderator for Washington Week. She also occasionally guest host's for Jim Lehrer in News Hour.  

Gwen Ifill was selected to be the moderator for the Vice Presidential debate in the [[2008 Presidential Election]]. There were questions over whether she was a non-partisan journalist in that she is (as of Sept 2008) writing a pro-[[Barack Obama]] book entitled "Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama" that will come out on January 20, 2009. It aims to "shed new light" on Obama and other "emerging young [[African American]] politicians" who are "forging a bold new path to political power." <ref>http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76645</ref> The [[John McCain]] campaign said it had not seen Ifill's book until two days before the debate. He said that the situation concerned him but he was sure Ifill would be professional. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/01/gwen.ifill/?iref=hpmostpop</ref>

Gwen Ifill was selected to be the moderator for the 2008 Vice Presidential debate between [[Sarah Palin]] and [[Joe Biden]]. Questions arose about her objectivity when it was discovered that she was writing a pro-[[Barack Obama|Obama]] book entitled "Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama". The book promised to "shed new light" on Obama and other "emerging young [[African American]] politicians" who were "forging a bold new path to political power." <ref>http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76645</ref> The [[John McCain|McCain]] campaign said it had not seen Ifill's book until two days before the debate. He said that the situation concerned him but he was sure Ifill would be professional. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/01/gwen.ifill/?iref=hpmostpop</ref>

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