Liz Walker (journalist)

Liz Walker, the first black woman to co-anchor a newscast in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, was installed as Pastor of the Roxbury Presbyterian Church in May 2014. She had served as "transitional leader" since 2011.[1]

Education

She graduated from Olivet College in Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications. In 2005 she graduated from Harvard Divinity School with a Master’s degree focusing on religion and women’s issues. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi and American Women in Radio and Television.[2]

Career as journalist

Walker was the evening news anchor at WBZ-TV since 1981.[3] In 1987, she was reportedly making $500,000 a year.[4] But her career began in her hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas working as the public affairs director. On-air assignments in Denver (KMGH-TV) and San Francisco (KRON-TV) followed before she moved to Boston and WBZ in 1980.[5]

After doing a story on the Lost Boys of Sudan, she began to re-evaluate her life. Ultimately, this led to her enrolling at the Harvard Divinity School in September 2001.[6]

In January 2002, she produced an independent documentary on Sudan entitled In the Lion's Mouth.”[7]

Awards and honors

Walker has been inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame.[5] She has won two Emmy Awards.[8] In 2001, the Crittenton Women's Union gave her the Amelia Earhart Award.[9]

Her coverage of Sudan led to an Edward R. Murrow Award for a News Story by the Regional Television Radio News Director’s Association in 2002.[7]

Personal life

Walker has a son.[3][5] She is originally from Little Rock, Arkansas and the daughter of a minister.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Rev. Liz Walker officially installed as pastor of Roxbury Presbyterian Church". Bostonglobe.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "MASSACHUSETTS BROADCASTERS HALL OF FAME : Liz Walker". Massbroadcastshof.org. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Pregnant, Unmarried and Much in the Public Eye". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 Pregnant Tv Anchor Rapped
  5. 1 2 3 "MASSACHUSETTS BROADCASTERS HALL OF FAME : Liz Walker". Massbroadcastershof.org. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Rev. Liz Walker asks Boston to embrace fear rather than run from it". Bostonglobe.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Darfur and Liz Walker". Trumpetnetwork.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "TV icon leaving anchor role behind". Boston.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Amelia Earhart Award Luncheon". Carrotsncake.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
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