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Sarah-Ann Shaw, Boston’s first Black woman TV news reporter, dies: ‘We honor her legacy’

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The Bay State Banner would like to express our sincere condolences over the passing of Boston reporting legend Sarah-Ann Shaw. Ms. Shaw was the first Black female reporter at WBZ-TV and mentored generations of young journalists. Look for our tribute in the next edition of the paper.

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Boston Herald

Sarah-Ann Shaw, Boston’s first Black woman TV news reporter, dies: ‘We honor her legacy’

Sarah-Ann Shaw, a “trailblazer” who became the first Black woman TV news reporter in Boston, has died. She was 90. Shaw was a legend at WBZ-TV for more than three decades as a general assignment reporter. She was hired there in 1969 as the station’s — and the city’s — first Black woman reporter. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Sarah-Ann Shaw, the first Black reporter at WBZ Boston,” Justin Draper, WBZ’s president and general manager, s…

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Boston Globe

Sarah-Ann Shaw, advocate-journalist who broke barriers at WBZ, dies at 90 - The Boston Globe

“I tried to do stories that showed positive events in the Black community,” Ms. Shaw, who joined WBZ-TV in 1969, said of her work as the first Black reporter hired to work on a local network news show.

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Pioneering reporter Sarah-Ann Shaw dies, 90

WBZ reports on the life and death of Sarah-Ann Shaw, a Roxbury native who became the city's first Black woman TV reporter.facebooktwitteremailprint

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The Bay State Banner

Sarah-Ann Shaw, Boston's reporting legend, 90 - The Bay State Banner

The Bay State Banner would like to express our sincere condolences over the passing of Boston's reporting legend, Sarah-Ann Shaw. Ms. Shaw was the first Black female reporter at WBZ-TV. The post Sarah-Ann Shaw, Boston’s reporting legend, 90 appeared first on The Bay State Banner.

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Sarah-Ann Shaw, Boston's reporting legend, 90 - The Bay State Banner

The Bay State Banner would like to express our sincere condolences over the passing of Boston's reporting legend, Sarah-Ann Shaw. Ms. Shaw was the first Black female reporter at WBZ-TV.

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