A fond farewell to a Boston trailblazer | Dorchester Reporter

Sarah-Ann Shaw, who died last week at age 91, blazed a trail for Black women who work in television journalism. But her pioneering legacy goes far beyond that medium and includes all manner of civic and political engagement in her hometown, Boston. When she first appeared on the airwaves as a reporter for WBZ-Channel 4 in 1969, she was truly one of a kind. A native of Roxbury,

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