ABC News White House Correspondent, Ann Compton (right), an alumni of Hollins College (now University) who began her career at WDBJ7 in Roanoke, is the keynote speaker for the History Is Served luncheon in the Hotel Roanoke’s Crystal Ballroom Sunday, February 7, noon-3 p.m. Tickets are $65 and can be ordered by Feb. 2 at 540-342-5724.The event is sponsored by the Historical Society of Western Virginia.
Compton’s, a member of the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame at Virginia Commonwealth< University (which will induct Valley Business FRONT editor Dan Smith in April), established a State Capitol Bureau in Richmond for WDBJ. In 1973, she moved to New York and joined the reporting staff of ABC News. One year later, ABC made her the first woman to cover the White House for television on a full-time basis. Eventually, Compton became the national correspondent for ABC News.
During her career, Compton has covered presidential campaigns and conventions and twice served as a panelist for presidential debates. In 2000, Compton's journalism career led her to the Internet, as she became Chief Washington Correspondent for abcnews.com.
That same year, the Society of Professional Journalists inducted Compton into the Journalism Hall of Fame. Compton was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2005. More recently, Compton was elected president of the White House Correspondents Association for a term beginning in 2007.
Perhaps Compton's most dramatic assignment occurred on September 11, 2001, as the only broadcast reporter allowed to remain on board Air Force One when George Bush was unable to return to Washington. The network received an Emmy and the Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award for its coverage.
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