Late journalist Gwen Ifill honored with Forever Stamp

Award-winning journalist Gwen Ifill, the late PBS NewsHour anchor who also served as moderator and managing editor of Washington Week, is being celebrated by the United States Postal Service (USPS).

The USPS unveiled a new Forever stamp featuring a 2008 photograph of Ifill taken by Robert Severi. It is the 43rd stamp in the Black Heritage series, and will be issued in 2020.

In a statement, the USPS said Ifill was among “the first African Americans to hold prominent positions in both broadcast and print journalism,” and a “trailblazer in the profession.” Ifill died in November 2016 of complications from cancer; she was 61.

Late @PBS @NewsHour anchor and @washingtonweek moderator Gwen Ifill is being honored with a forever stamp. This is such a fitting honor for an amazing journalist and mentor. #GwenIfillForever https://t.co/slh61OCo6h pic.twitter.com/6nfiAFrkIp

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 22, 2019

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