::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . Gwen Ifill, 1955-2016 Veteran journalist Gwen Ifill has died at the age of 61.  Ifill secretly battled cancer and died in hospice care on November 14, 2016. The long-time co-anchor  of PBS New Hour (with  Judy Woodruff  )   spent over 30 years in the field of journalism with a heavy concentration in politics.  She was a debate moderator for  the 2004, 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, moderating vice presidential debates. As she came up the ranks from her start as a newspaper reporter, it was rare to see a black woman anchoring a political news oriented program.  She  served as the host of Washington Week to tackle serious issues of the day. Ifill was born in Queens to a Panamanian father who became and AME pastor and mother from Barbados.  The Washington Post reports in the Ifill household as a child news was like a second religion. Condolences and statements from President Obama to members of ...