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Carole Simpson (born December 7, 1941) is an American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author. == Biography == Simpson, a graduate of the University of Michigan, began her career on radio at WCFL in Chicago, Illinois. She moved to television at Chicago's WMAQ and onto NBC News in 1974, becoming the first African-American woman to anchor a major network newscast. She joined ABC News in 1982, and was an anchor for the Weekend edition of ''World News Tonight'' from 1988 until October 2003.〔(Carole Simpson Bio )〕 Simpson became the first minority woman to moderate a presidential debate when she moderated the debate held between George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot, at Richmond, Virginia, in 1992.〔 That same year she was the recipient of the Journalist of the Year Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.〔(NABJ Special Honors, Past Winners. )〕 Simpson is on the Advisory Council at the IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation).〔(IWMF website )〕 Simpson retired from ABC News in 2006 to begin teaching journalism at Emerson College in Boston.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emerson.edu/academics/departments/journalism/faculty?faculty_id=2501&filter=F )〕 Simpson is a former member of the Radio Television Digital News Association affiliate Radio Television Digital News Foundation Board of Trustees. 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.〔(RTDNA Carol Simpson Scholarship )〕 Simpson is a cousin of sportswriter and ESPN commentator Michael Wilbon.〔(Washington Post website. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carole Simpson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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