| Summary: | Broadcast journalist Clarice Tinsley was born on December 31, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Wayne State University with her B.A. degree in radio, television and film. From 1975 to 1978, Tinsley worked as a reporter, co-anchor and public affairs show producer for WITI-TV in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1978, she was hired as an anchor for the ten o'clock news at KDFW-TV in Dallas, Texas. She became the longest-serving news anchor in the Dallas/Fort Worth television market. Tinsley received numerous awards, including the George Foster Peabody Award, a DuPont-Columbia Citation, two Emmy Awards, three Dallas Press Club Katie Awards, and two Awards of Excellence from American Women in Radio and Television. She also received the Texas Headliner Award for Investigative Reporting, the Dallas Historical Society Award of Excellence for Outstanding Contributions in the Creative Arts, and the Asante Award from the Dallas Fort Worth Association of Black Journalists.
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