Former Eyewitness News Reporter Trudy Haynes Shares Story On How She Became Philly's First Black TV Reporter

Philadelphia PA

03 February, 2021

1:48 PM

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By Janelle Burrell, CBS Philadelphia February 2, 2021 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Today we kickoff off our Black History Month series, and we begin with a face that may be familiar to many of you. CBS3's Janelle Burrell sat down for a socially distant conversation with the legendary, former Eyewitness News reporter Trudy Haynes, who transformed the face of the news industry. She's now 94 years old and tells Eyewitness News getting into the business was an accident that started with her introducing herself to a news manager, scouting for talent. "He asked me, 'oh do you have someone in mind?' And I said, 'yes I do.' And he said 'who?' and I said 'me!'" Haynes said. "And that's how it happened." Read more at CBS Philadelphia