Atlanta’s First Female Anchor Dies

By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel 

A local news pioneer died last week in Atlanta.

Gloria Lane, the first woman to anchor the news in the city for WSB-TV, passed away on July 12.

She started at the station in 1963 as an office assistant and worked her way up.

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Former WSB anchor Monica Pearson said Lane was the type of person who made all the female anchors and reporters feel welcome in the workplace.

Lane was 77.

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