Ruth Ashton Taylor, Pioneering Broadcast Journalist, Dies at 101
variety.comCynthia Littleton Business Editor Ruth Ashton Taylor, a pioneering TV and radio journalist who worked with Edward R. Murrow at CBS News and was a fixture on the air in Los Angeles for decades, has died.
She was 101. Taylor’s family confirmed her death to KCAL-TV Los Angeles. Taylor, who grew up in Long Beach, was the first woman to have an on-air news role in Los Angeles when she joined what was then CBS’ KSTL-TV in late 1951.
At the time, she was hired to deliver a “women’s segment” for the station’s daily half-hour newscast. Taylor bristled at the notion of covering only “women’s stories” and delivered stories produced with solid journalistic principles.
Soon, she was hired to produce a similar segment for CBS’ Los Angeles news radio powerhouse KNX. “Taylor says she always approached her stories any way she liked.
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