J. C. Hayward
American news anchor who worked for WUSA9 in Washington, D.C.
J. C. Hayward (born October 23, 1945), also known as Jacqueline Hayward Wilson, is an American news anchor who worked for WUSA9 in Washington, D.C. She is best known for being the first female news anchor in Washington, D.C., and the first African American female news presenter.
Personal life
Jacqueline Hayward Wilson, better known as J. C. Hayward, was born on October 23, 1945, in East Orange, New Jersey. She is a graduate of Howard University with joint degrees in English and Spanish. She has also received two honorary doctorate degrees from both Howard University and Southeastern University. In 1972, Hayward began working at WUSA9 as a news anchor and stayed there until her retirement in 2015.
In 2012, Hayward was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer. and only a week after the diagnosis, the tumour was removed and she was declared cancer-free.
In 2013, J. C. Hayward was named in a lawsuit with Options Public Charter School. J. C. Hayward retired from WUSA9 in 2015 after these allegations were made but later in the same year she was dismissed from this lawsuit and freed of the allegations. J. C. Hayward now resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the majority of the year.
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