Doris Biscoe Dies: Veteran Detroit TV Reporter And News Anchor Was 77
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deadline.comDoris Biscoe, a pioneer for African American women TV journalists, died Friday at age 77. No cause or location was given by WXYZ, which first reported her death.
The station cited her career as being “one of the most visible Black broadcast journalists in Detroit, and throughout America.” Born in Washington, D.C., Biscoe was one of the few African American women in broadcasting when her career began.
She began in radio in Maryland, then led a public affairs program in Washington, D.C. She then relocated to Detroit for a job at 7 Action News in 1973.
Biscoe was a nightside reporter, eventually graduating to anchoring the 6 PM evening news. In 1995, she moved to anchoring the morning news.
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