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Late Journalist Gwen Ifill on New USPS Forever Stamp

Frederica Freyberg:

This week, the U.S. Postal Service announced that the late journalist Gwen Ifill will be on a newly-released “Forever” stamp. Ifill is remembered for blazing trails as a print and broadcast journalist. Her “Forever” stamp is part of an ongoing Black Heritage stamp series. She is well known for her role as moderator of the PBS program “Washington Week.” Ifill joined PBS NewsHour as anchor in 1999. She passed away at 61 years old in 2016 after battling cancer. U.S. Postal officials said she was truly a national treasure and so richly deserving of the esteemed honor.