Ann Bishop (journalist)

Ann Bishop (December 26, 1930 – November 14, 1997) was a broadcast journalist in Rochester, New York, Baltimore, Maryland, and South Florida.

Ann Bishop (born: Harriette Himes) began her career writing for the CBS affiliate in upstate New York.

She was the first female broadcaster in a major market (Miami) to co-anchor the early and late evening news.

Following her retirement, she continued to work as a consultant for the Post-Newsweek television stations, including WPLG, until her death on November 14, 1997, from colon cancer.

[1] During her career, she covered three Democratic National Conventions, Pope John Paul II’s visit to Nassau, the Eastern Airlines strike, the forty-year anniversary of D-Day and the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.