ITN foreign editor who became international news chief of CNN
Maggie Eales, who has died of cancer aged 67, made her way, in a 40-year career, from the secretarial pool at Independent Television News to become senior vice-president of the international broadcaster CNN.
She was part of the lifeblood of ITN during the heyday of News at Ten. Women in newsrooms, even women in management in news organisations, are commonplace today; but when Maggie began, they were not. Women were targets of sexism and discrimination. Her ascent from these circumstances to the pinnacle of global television news was remarkable.
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