BOSTON - A celebration of life was held on Saturday in honor of Sarah-Ann Shaw, a legendary reporter at WBZ-TV and Boston's first Black woman TV news reporter.
Shaw passed away at the age of 90 on March 21,
Celebration of life
The celebration was held at BethelAME Church in Jamaica Plain at 11 a.m. Reverend Liz Walker officiated the service.
"Sarah Ann Shaw was a warrior woman. An exemplar of community, activism, advocacy journalism. A woman passionate about her family, the quality of life in her community, the city, and the world," Reverend Walker said.
The life of Sarah-Ann Shaw
She began her journalism career at WBZ-TV in October of She was a general assignment reporter with the station for 31 years.
During her first decade at WBZ, she reported on the civil rights struggle, the Vietnam War, and busing.
Shaw focused most of her attention on civil rights and social service organizations while also anchoring the station's public affairs programs.
Shaw was a lifelong resident of Roxbury, according to Roxbury Community College.
Legacy of Sarah-Ann
Shaw was also the first woman of color to be an on-air reporter at WBZ. She highlighted the struggles and gave
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BOSTON - Sarah-Ann Shaw, a legend at WBZ-TV and Boston's first Black woman TV news reporter, died Thursday. She was 90 years old.
Shaw was a lifelong resident of Roxbury, according to her biography at Roxbury Community College.
Sarah-Ann Shaw at WBZ-TV
She began her career in TV news at WBZ in October and spent 31 years at the station as a general assignment reporter. Shaw also anchored public affairs programs for WBZ and spent much of her time with civil rights and social service organizations.
She brought one belief to her job in broadcast journalism - that continuous hard work on any one issue will bring about change.
"People were just waking up to the fact that there was an underserved community and they needed to be recognized in a way that was on a parallel, on a par, with everyone else," the late veteran WBZ-TV reporter Charles Austin once said in an interview.
Shaw's first decade at WBZ was a turbulent time in Boston with the civils rights struggle, the Vietnam War and busing. But through it all, Shaw blazed a trail.
"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Sarah-Ann Shaw, the first Black reporter at WBZ Boston. Her pioneering spirit, dedication to journalism,
The city of Boston is remembering Sarah-Ann Shaw, a pioneering Black journalist from Roxbury, whose contributions to advocacy journalism were unmatched in her time.
Shaw passed away in her home at the age of 90 on Thursday. Her death has been recognized and mourned by the many organizations she shaped in her time as a journalist.
Shaw was the first woman of color to be an on-air reporter at WBZ. She began her broadcast career in , and stayed there for another 31 years.
Shaw was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, received an honorary degree from Simmons College, and a lifetime achievement award from the National Association of Black Journalists, among many more honors.
When she retired from the field in , she continued to work for local news outlets, service-based organizations, and her neighborhood library, according to her biography from Roxbury Community College.
Through the Civil Rights movement, the busing crisis in Boston schools, and the Vietnam War, Shaw reported on it all with the lens of a member of the Black community. She aimed to cover stories that other news outlets neglected or marginalized.
Peter Brown, a former WBZ news dire
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