![Gwen Ifill at a book-signing in Seattle. Photo (cc) by KCTS 9 Public Television.](https://dankennedy.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/5836278033_28b8ecbc06_z.jpg?resize=625%2C415&quality=89)
Gwen Ifill at a book-signing in Seattle. Photo (cc) by KCTS 9 Public Television.
I’m very sad to learn that Gwen Ifill has died. Co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour and host of Washington Week, she was conspicuous by her absence during the final run-up to the presidential election.
I remember reading seeing her byline in the New York Times back in the 1990s. But I didn’t realize that she had a local connection until I looked up her bio: She was a graduate of Simmons College and had worked for the Boston Herald American.
Her humane voice will be missed in the strange days to come.