Pioneer News Anchor Linda Cavanaugh

Linda Cavanaugh recently retired from KFOR-TV.  She is one of my most admired journalists.  We worked together for six years as she and Pam Henry broke the glass ceiling of television news in Oklahoma City.  She won her job in a male dominated era and kept her anchor job until retirement.

Linda has seen it all and done it all.  She talks about the people who were the first generation of television journalists and news directors.  We discuss journalistic ethics and the basics of being a good reporter.  She is sharp, frank and open.

There are some old home week stories and some moments where she recounts her journalistic work in very challenging circumstances. She pays homage to the leaders in TV news and I talk to her about the "shards in her hair" as she gave women the opportunity to do anything they set their mind to do.