Mediagazer: Gail Christian, who broke barriers and rose to prominence at NBC News and PBS as a Black woman on-air correspondent and news executive, died on April 12 at 83 (Alex Williams/New York Times)

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Alex Williams / New York Times:

Gail Christian, who broke barriers and rose to prominence at NBC News and PBS as a Black woman on-air correspondent and news executive, died on April 12 at 83 — An on-air career seemed unlikely for a Black woman in the 1970s. It didn't help that she had been imprisoned for armed robbery.

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