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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.