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Trailblazing Journalist Ann B. Walker Passes at 101

10/6/2025

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Ann B. Walker was Columbus City's first female and African American journalist covering City Hall.
She died at 101 in Columbus, Ohio.
She broke barriers as Columbus’s first woman in broadcast management.
She interviewed Martin Luther King Jr. and served as media director for the federal poverty program under President Jimmy Carter.

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Story summary

Ann B. Walker was Columbus City's first female and African American journalist covering City Hall.
She died at 101 in Columbus, Ohio.
She broke barriers as Columbus’s first woman in broadcast management.
She interviewed Martin Luther King Jr. and served as media director for the federal poverty program under President Jimmy Carter.