| Summary: | Television news anchor Barbara Rodgers was born on September 27, 1946 in Knoxville, Tennessee. She received her B.S. degree in business education in 1968 from Knoxville College. Rodgers was hired by Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York, in 1968, as a computer programmer, later becoming a public affairs researcher. She joined WOKR-TV in Rochester, New York as its first female reporter and African-American news anchor in 1972. In 1979, Rodgers joined KPIX-TV channel 5, a CBS affiliate in San Francisco, California as a reporter, later became an anchor on various Eyewitness News broadcasts. She co-founded the Bay Area Black Journalist Association in 1982. Rodgers won eight Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and five "Excellence in Journalism Awards" from the National Association of Black Journalists. Rodgers became a regular host on Comcast Newsmakers in 2010, and host of The Bronze Report in 2011.
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