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Renee Ferguson
American journalist (1949–2025) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Renee Ferguson (August 22, 1949 – June 6, 2025) was an American news reporter and long-time journalist for WMAQ. She was the first African-American woman to work as an investigative reporter in Chicago.[1][2][3] She won a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, and an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia Award.[4][5]
Life and career
Ferguson was born on August 22, 1949 in Oklahoma City, and graduated from the Indiana University-Bloomington in 1971.[6][7] Throughout her career she worked with several networks, including CBS News in Atlanta, CBS2 in Chicago and NBC5.[8][9]
She co-founded the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.[7][10]
During the 2020 Presidential election, she publicly endorsed Pete Buttigieg and his campaign.[11]
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