GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION AWARDS LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO RUTH ASHTON TAYLOR

As a part of The Good News Foundation’s spectacular kick-off event, the Foundation honored broadcast pioneer, Ruth Ashton Taylor, with the Foundation’s first ever Lifetime Achievement Award.   Ruth has spent more than five decades as a journalist.  She began her career working for CBS radio in the era of Edward R. Murrow.  In 1951, she became the first woman on the West Coast to work on the air in television news. Since then, Ruth has undoubtedly covered every possible story in the Southland—and because of her dedication and determination; she paved the way for other female journalists to follow.

RUTH ASHTON TAYLOR
For Pioneering Accomplishments in Television Journalism
and Paving the Way for All Women in Television News

Ruth Ashton Taylor has spent more than five decades as a journalist. Her career began in 1944 when she graduated from Columbia University with a master’s degree in journalism and was immediately hired by CBS. In the era of Edward R. Murrow, Ruth Ashton was at the center of CBS radio’s most notable decade.

In 1951, she returned to her hometown of Los Angeles to take a job at KNXT-TV (now KCBS-TV), and became the first woman on the West Coast to work on the air in television news.

In 1962 she joined a program called “Storyline” and she also co-hosted “The Ruth & Pat Show” on radio. In 1966 she turned exclusively to television, where she worked as a general assignment reporter covering every possible story in the Southland.

She retired from KCBS in 1989. A year later she was honored with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Other honors include the prestigious Governors Award for Lifetime Achievement from The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Diamond Achievement Award from Women in Communications.