Renee Ferguson
Renee Ferguson (August 22, 1949 – June 6, 2025) was an American news reporter, and long-time journalist for WMAQ. She was the first African-American woman to work as an investigative reporter in Chicago.[1][2][3] She won a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, and an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia Award.[4][5]
Biography
[edit]Ferguson was born on August 22, 1949, in Oklahoma City and graduated from the Indiana University-Bloomington in 1971.[6][7] Throughout her career she worked with several networks, including CBS News in Atlanta, CBS2 in Chicago and NBC5.[8][9]
She co-founded the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.[7][10]
During the 2020 Presidential election, she publicly endorsed Pete Buttigieg and his campaign.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Brooks, Marion; Staff • •, NBC Chicago (June 6, 2025). "Renee Ferguson, long-time NBC Chicago investigative journalist, dies". NBC Chicago. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- ^ Tribune, Bob Goldsborough | Chicago (November 22, 2024). "Retired WMAQ-Channel 5 reporter Renee Ferguson sells Kenwood home for $775,000". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- ^ "Battling racism on the small screen". Crain's Chicago Business. February 27, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- ^ MaGee, Ny (2025-06-09). "Trailblazing NBC5 Investigative Reporter Renee Ferguson Dies at 75". EURweb. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
- ^ Brooks, Marion; Staff • •, NBC Chicago (2025-06-06). "Renee Ferguson, long-time NBC Chicago investigative journalist, dies". NBC Chicago. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
- ^ "INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON CAMPUS MAPS", Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University Press, pp. 508–516, November 16, 2021, retrieved June 8, 2025
- ^ a b "Renee Ferguson, BA'71". The Media School. 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
- ^ Tribune, Bob Goldsborough | Chicago (June 6, 2025). "Renee Ferguson, longtime investigative reporter for WMAQ-Ch. 5, dies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- ^ "Renee Ferguson, groundbreaking NBC5 investigative journalist, dies at 75". Chicago Sun-Times. 2025-06-07. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
- ^ Producer, Adam Harrington Web; Chicago, CBS Chicago Adam Harrington is a web producer at CBS; Harrington, where he first arrived in January 2006 Read Full Bio Adam (2025-06-09). "Renee Ferguson, longtime Chicago television investigative reporter, dies at 75 - CBS Chicago". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "NBC 5 mentor Renee Ferguson boosts Pete Buttigieg campaign | Robert Feder". robertfeder.dailyherald.com. Retrieved June 8, 2025.