FREDERICA FREYBERG:

TONIGHT WE WANT TO REMEMBER ONE OF THE BEST. BY NOW, YOU’VE HEARD THAT PBS JOURNALIST GWEN IFILL PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY IN WASHINGTON. IFILL SET THE BAR HIGH FOR ALL OF US IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM. NOT JUST IN PUBLIC BROADCASTING BUT ACROSS MEDIA AND NETWORKS. WE AT WPT HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO GET TO KNOW GWEN OVER THE YEARS, EVEN IF IN JUST A MODEST WAY. SHE WAS SO SMART, SO WARM AND, ABOVE ALL ELSE, SO FUNNY. A HUGE LOSS TO AMERICAN JOURNALISM. GWEN IFILL WAS 61.