Trudy Haynes Philadelphia's First Black TV Reporter, Trailblazer, and Role Model For Many Passes Away At Age 95
“The CBS3 family has lost one of our own. Former Eyewitness News reporter Trudy Haynes has died. She was 95 years old. She was beloved by all of us. Trudy was a trailblazer in the journalism industry and a longtime fixture at CBS3, where she worked for more than 30 years.”
CBS3 KYW-TV news anchor Janelle Burrell writes a fitting tribute for trailblazing reporter Trudy Haynes. Read more at CBSPhilly.com
"SHE WILL ALWAYS BE MY HERO": @ukeewashington remembers legendary journalist Trudy Haynes https://t.co/fk0x2hYgIQ pic.twitter.com/xSLnLvjzOl
— CBS Philly (@CBSPhilly) June 7, 2022
RIP Trudy Haynes, She became the nation's first Black TV weather reporter for WXYZ-TV in Detroit in 1963. In 1965, she became the first Black TV news reporter for KYW-TV, in Philadelphia.
— Ave (@SebastianAvenue) June 7, 2022
A Howard Alum who has received an Emmy and two lifetime achievement awards.
She was 95. pic.twitter.com/vBwL3kySUo
"At that time in history, all of the television stations were using [blonde and blue-eyed] women to do weather." In 1965, Trudy Haynes broke barriers and made TV broadcast history as the nation's first Black female weathercaster: https://t.co/0coo3u5T2c pic.twitter.com/AlH1XmAamw
— Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (@CivRightsVoices) February 17, 2021
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