Carole Simpson (born December 7, 1940)^[1][2] is an Americanbroadcast journalist,news anchor, andauthor. She is the first African-American woman to anchor a major United States network newscast.^[3]

Simpson, a graduate of theUniversity of Michigan,^[2] began her career on radio atWCFL inChicago, Illinois, and was later hired atWBBM. She moved to television at Chicago'sWMAQ and on toNBC News in 1975, becoming the first African-American woman to anchor a major network newscast.^[3] She joinedABC News in 1982, and was an anchor for the weekend edition ofWorld News Tonight from 1988 until October 2003.^[2]

She became the first woman of color to moderate apresidential debate when she moderated the debate held betweenGeorge H. W. Bush,Bill Clinton, andRoss Perot, atRichmond, Virginia, in 1992.^[2] That same year she was the recipient of the Journalist of the Year Award from theNational Association of Black Journalists.^[4]

Simpson is on the Advisory Council at theInternational Women's Media Foundation.^[5]

She retired from ABC News in 2006 to begin teaching journalism atEmerson College inBoston,Massachusetts, where she taught until 2019.^[6]

Simpson is a former member of the Radio Television Digital News Foundation Board of Trustees, an affiliate of theRadio Television Digital News Association. There, she established the Carole Simpson Scholarship to encourage and help minority students overcome hurdles along their career path, which is offered annually to aspiring journalists.^[7]

In 2010, her autobiography,Newslady, was published byAuthorHouse.^[8]

Simpson is a cousin of sportswriter andESPN commentatorMichael Wilbon.^[9]

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