By — Joshua Barajas Joshua Barajas By — Jaclyn Diaz Jaclyn Diaz Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fellow-journalists-political-leaders-and-viewers-offer-tributes-to-gwen Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Fellow journalists, political leaders and viewers offer tributes to Gwen Nation Nov 14, 2016 6:55 PM EDT The news of Gwen Ifill’s death devastated the PBS NewsHour newsroom, where she was a beloved leader and mentor to generations of journalists. Gwen also hosted the long-running “Washington Week.” On both programs, she pressed for the truth — a quality she brought to every story in her four-decade career in both print and television. “I always appreciated Gwen’s reporting, even when I was at the receiving end of one of her tough and thorough interviews,” President Barack Obama told reporters today. Throughout the day, journalists, politicians and NewsHour viewers offered their condolences and tributes on Twitter. We collected many of them below. [View the story “Remembering Gwen Ifill” on Storify] Share your thoughts and memories about Gwen Ifill here. We’ll collect them to be shared with her family and friends. By — Joshua Barajas Joshua Barajas Joshua Barajas is a senior editor for the PBS NewsHour's Communities Initiative. He also the senior editor and manager of newsletters. @Josh_Barrage By — Jaclyn Diaz Jaclyn Diaz
The news of Gwen Ifill’s death devastated the PBS NewsHour newsroom, where she was a beloved leader and mentor to generations of journalists. Gwen also hosted the long-running “Washington Week.” On both programs, she pressed for the truth — a quality she brought to every story in her four-decade career in both print and television. “I always appreciated Gwen’s reporting, even when I was at the receiving end of one of her tough and thorough interviews,” President Barack Obama told reporters today. Throughout the day, journalists, politicians and NewsHour viewers offered their condolences and tributes on Twitter. We collected many of them below. [View the story “Remembering Gwen Ifill” on Storify] Share your thoughts and memories about Gwen Ifill here. We’ll collect them to be shared with her family and friends.