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[[Image:1aifill1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Gwen Ifill with Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention]] '''Gwen Ifill''' (born September 29, 1955 in [[New York City]]) is a journalist and host of [[PBS]]'s Washington Week. She also appear's 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.  

[[Image:1aifill1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Gwen Ifill interviewing Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention]] '''Gwen Ifill''' (born September 29, 1955 in [[New York City]]) is a journalist and host of [[PBS]]'s Washington Week. She also appear's 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 has been selected to be the moderator for the Vice Presidential debate in the [[2008 Presidential Election]]. There are questions over whether she is a non-partisan journalist in that she is 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 has been selected to be the moderator for the Vice Presidential debate in the [[2008 Presidential Election]]. There are questions over whether she is a non-partisan journalist in that she is 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>