Simpson, Carole 1940–

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SIMPSON, Carole 1940–

(Carole Simpson Marshall, Carole Estelle Simpson)

PERSONAL

Full name, Carole Estelle Simpson; born December 7, 1940, in Chicago, IL; daughter of Lytle Ray and Doretha Viola (maiden name, Wilbon) Simpson; married James Edward Marshall (an engineer), September 3, 1966; children: Mallika Joy Marshall, Adam Marshall. Education: University of Michigan, B.A., 1962; University of Iowa, M.A., 1965; attended the University of Illinois, 1958–60.

Addresses: Office— ABC News, 1717 DeSales St. Northwest, Washington, DC 20036.

Career: Broadcast journalist, news anchor, and writer. Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, AL, journalism instructor and director of the information bureau, 1962–64; WCFL Radio, Chicago, IL, news reporter, anchor, movie reviewer, and book reviewer, 1965–68; WBBM Radio, Chicago, IL, reporter, 1968–70; WMAQ–TV, Chicago, IL, news reporter, 1970–74; Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, journalism instructor, 1972–74; NBC News, correspondent, c. 1974–82; ABC News, senior correspondent, beginning 1982, chair of ABC News women's advisory board, beginning 1986, weekend anchor, beginning c. 1988. Worked at the University of Iowa at the WSUI campus radio station and as an intern. Lecturer at various venues. Trustee of the Freedom Forum's Newseum. Administers broadcast journalism and other scholarships at the University of Michigan in her name; created Carole Simpson Leadership Institute at the African Women's Media Center, Dakar, Senegal. Also known as Carole Simpson Marshall and Carole Estelle Simpson.

Member: Radio and Television Correspondents Association (president, 1982–83), Radio and Television News Directors Foundation (member of the board of trustees), National Press Foundation (member of the board of directors), Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press, Society of Professional Journalists (member of the board of directors of the Washington chapter), Fund for Investigative Journalism (member of the board of directors), American University distinguished journalists advisory committee, International Women's Media Foundation (vice chair), National Commission on Working Women (member of the board of directors), Future of Children and Family (National Academy of Sciences forum), University of Michigan alumni board, Theta Sigma Phi.

Awards, Honors: Outstanding Woman in Communications, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, 1974; Emmy Award, c. 1990, for coverage of Nelson Mandela's release; Journalist of the Year, National Association of Black Journalists, 1992; inductee, Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame, 1999; honored by Chicago Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the National Association of Black Journalists, 1999; Du Pont–Columbia Award, for journalism about children at risk; Milestone in Broadcasting Journalism Award, National Commission on Working Women; Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award, Radio–Television News Directors Foundation; National Media Award, National Organization of Women Legislators; AMA Media Journalism Award; Hall of Fame inductee, University of Iowa Communications Hall of Fame; Distinguished Journalist Award, University of Missouri; Star Award, American Women in Radio and Television; Carole Simpson scholarship from the Radio–Television News Directors Foundation given in her name; Trumpet Award, Turner Broadcasting, for scholastic achievement; recipient of several honorary degrees.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Commentator, Our People (public affairs series), WTTW–TV (Chicago, IL), c. 1968–1970.

Anchor, ABC World News Tonight Saturday (also known as World News Tonight Saturday ), ABC, 1988–1993.

Anchor, ABC World News Tonight Sunday (also known as World News Tonight Sunday ), ABC, 1993—.

Host of Her–Rah (public affairs series), WRC–TV (NBC affiliate in Washington, DC).

Television Appearances; Specials:

Anchor, Public Schools in Conflict: A Question of Values, ABC, 1985.

Anchor, Sex, Violence and Values: Changing Images, ABC, 1986.

Reporter, The '88 Vote: Election Night, ABC, 1988.

Reporter, Black in White America, ABC, 1989.

Moderator, The Second Presidential Debate, ABC, 1992.

Growing Up in the Age of AIDS: An ABC News Town Meeting for the Family—with Peter Jennings, ABC, 1992.

Correspondent, Children First: Real Kids, Real Solutions, ABC, 1995.

Correspondent in Chicago, ABC 2000, ABC, 1999.

Herself, Born in My Heart: A Love Story, ABC, 2001.

She Says: Women in News, PBS, 2001.

Also appeared in The Changing American Family, ABC; for ABC affiliates, coanchored news coverage of the Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Narrator, "O. J. Simpson," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995.

Contributor of "American Agenda" segments to ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (also known as World News Tonight with Peter Jennings ), ABC. Also appeared in ABC News Nightline (also known as Nightline ), Business World, and 20/20, all ABC.