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One of Washington's most respected and durable broadcast journalists and the DC market's first female news anchor, JC Hayward recently celebrated her 36th year at WUSA 9 NEWS NOW, a feat achieved by only one other female anchor in the United States. JC currently anchors 9 NEWS NOW at Noon and co-produces weekly "JC and Friends" pieces that air on the station's 5pm newscast. A special "JC and Friends" program won the 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Community Affairs Special.
JC is also the face of dvmOurTime.com, the station's new website for the 50-plus crowd. The website features a loyalty club which those who register on the site automatically join, and can receive benefits on travel, entertainment, dining and more.
JC was promoted to Vice President for Media Outreach in April 2006. Her role in this position is a valuable opportunity for WUSA 9 NEWS NOW to increase both JC's and the station's visibility as active participants in the life of the communities the station serves in DC, Maryland and Virginia.
JC has consistently been rated one of the top news people in DC broadcast journalism for over 30 years, and was once voted Washingtonian magazine's "Washingtonian of The Year." In 1976, she won a local Emmy Award in the Best Newscaster category. In 1994, she won a local Emmy Award for her interview with Riddick Bowe. In June 1995, JC was awarded the prestigious Board of Governors Award, a local Emmy given for "truly outstanding achievement and unique accomplishment of duration and durability."
JC has interviewed many national and international figures, including Nancy Reagan, Maya Angelou, and Luciano Pavarotti. She also covered Nelson Mandela's U.S. visit, reporting from Boston, Atlanta, and Miami. She co-hosted Channel 9's "Every Woman," a daily one-hour talk show that was syndicated in four markets.
JC has produced several award-winning documentaries. The 1972 one-hour program, "Sahel: The Border of Hell," won two local Emmy Awards. In 1977, JC traveled to Kenya and Uganda, filming a documentary on Ugandan refugees, "We Shall Return," which earned her a Bronze Medal from the 1980 International Film Festival in New York.
She also produced "Somalia: The Silent Tragedy," a documentary on the world's largest refugee crisis at the time, which was syndicated by the Public Broadcasting System and broadcast in England, Australia and the Caribbean.
JC devotes time to various community organizations and projects, serving as past Vice-President, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington; Board Member, Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP; Board Member, Summer Opera Theatre Company; Board Member, United Black Fund; and Board Member, Montgomery County, Maryland's Hospice Caring. In 1995, JC received the Dr. Edward C. Mazique Memorial Award for her support of the Greater Washington Boys and Girls Clubs.
