Sade Baderinwa

Folasade Olayinka Baderinwa (born April 14, 1969), known professionally as Sade Baderinwa (/ˈʃɑːdeɪ ˈbɑːdərɪnwɑː/ SHAH-day BAH-dər-in-wah), is a broadcast journalist. Since 2003, she has been a news anchor at WABC-TV, the ABC flagship station in New York, and currently co-anchors the weekday 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts of Eyewitness News with Bill Ritter.

Sade Baderinwa
Born
Folasade Olayinka Baderinwa

(1969-04-14) April 14, 1969
Baltimore, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Maryland, College Park
OccupationTelevision news anchor, Television journalist
EmployerThe Walt Disney Company
TelevisionWABC-TV: Channel 7 Eyewitness News
12 p.m. anchor (2003)
5 p.m. anchor (2003–present)
11 p.m. anchor (2011–present)

Early life and education

Baderinwa was born to a Nigerian (Yoruba) father and a German mother. Her first name, "Folasade", means "Honor confers a crown".[1] At the age of seven, her mother had no longer taken a part in her life and her father had returned to Africa, leaving her in the custody of a family friend.[2] She was subsequently adopted by now-former WBAL-TV anchor, Edie House, with additional support from House's parents, in Baltimore.[2][3] When Baderinwa was 12, her birth mother eventually took her in to live with her family in nearby Montgomery County.[2]

She has since continued to maintain contact with her biological parents, as well as with her adoptive family.[2]

Baderinwa graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources with a degree in agricultural business and resource economics.[3]

Career

Baderinwa began her career as a production assistant for ABC News' various programs, including This Week With David Brinkley, Nightline, World News Tonight, and News One.[4] She went on to become a reporter trainee at WUSA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C., before becoming a reporter at WSLS-TV, the NBC affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia.[4]

Baderinwa joined WBAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Baltimore, in February 2000.[3] There, she anchored the morning and noon newscasts and also hosted a weekly community affairs show.[4]

WABC-TV (2003-present)

In 2003, Baderinwa joined WABC-TV as a reporter and anchor for the noon newscast of Eyewitness News[4] before being promoted to anchor the 5 p.m. newscast with now-former co-anchor Diana Williams, who retired in 2019.[5] She replaced Roz Abrams, who left WABC in 2003 to take over the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. anchor duties at WCBS-TV, the CBS station in New York.[6]

On July 23, 2004, while preparing a report on location in Hackensack, New Jersey about local flooding, she was struck by a hit and run driver who went through police lines.[7][8][9] After multiple surgeries and months of recovery and physical therapy,[10] Baderinwa returned to Eyewitness News on December 13, 2004, but continued receiving physical therapy five times a week following her return.[11] The driver in the collision was never caught.[12]

In May 2011, Baderinwa became co-anchor of the 11 p.m. newscast with Bill Ritter, replacing Liz Cho, who vacated the slot to anchor the new 4 p.m newscast, which debuted after the end of The Oprah Winfrey Show.[13]

Other appearances

On October 27, 2006, Baderinwa appeared on The View as a guest co-host.

She has also been a regular moderator at the United Nations' celebration of International Women's Day.[14][15][16]

See also

References
  1. Meaning of Folasade in Nigerian.name
  2. Shapiro, Stephanie (May 12, 2002). "Anchor In Her Life". The Baltimore Sun.
  3. Shapiro, Stephanie (August 31, 2000). "On air, clothes speak, softly". The Baltimore Sun.
  4. "Sade Baderinwa". ABC7 New York. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  5. "Eyewitness News anchor Diana Williams announces her retirement". ABC7 New York. May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  6. St. George, Donna (October 31, 2006). "A Politician Who Thinks Like a Linebacker". Washington Post. pp. A01. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
  7. WABC-TV: Sade Baderinwa Update: Cops Hunt Driver, $5,000 Reward Offered Archived December 31, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Huff, Richard; Hufte, Tom (July 24, 2004). "Daily News: TV news anchor struck in hit-and-run". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
  9. "WBAL-TV: Sade Baderinwa talks about accident that nearly killed her". TheWBALChannel.com. February 24, 2005. Archived from the original on November 27, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
  10. Huff, Richard (December 17, 2004). "Ch. 7 anchor's road to recovery". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on December 27, 2005. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
  11. "TV Anchor Helping Hit-and-Run Victims". ABC News. January 6, 2006.
  12. "Sade Baderinwa Talks About Accident That Nearly Killed Her". WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore. February 24, 2005.
  13. Huff, Richard (April 22, 2011). "Inner Tube: Liz Cho, David Novarro to anchor 'Eyewitness News First at 4,' taking 'Oprah' timeslot". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  14. "International Women's Day 2018 – Observance at UN headquarters". UN Women.
  15. "United Nations celebrates International Women's Day". ABC7 New York. March 8, 2019.
  16. "Sade Baderinwa moderates United Nation's celebration of International Women's Day". ABC7 New York. March 6, 2020.
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