Belva Davis

Television journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1932 to 2025 · aged 92

Belvagene Davis was an American television and radio journalist. She was the first African-American woman to become a television reporter on the U.S. West Coast. She won eight Emmy Awards and was recognized by the American Women in Radio and Television and National Association of Black Journalists.

Belva Davis is read about 15 times a day, in 8 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 24 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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2025Died24 September 20252012Mathew O. Tobriner Public Service awardAward2008National Association of Black Journalists Hall of FameAward2004IWMF Lifetime Achievement AwardAward1999Chuck Stone Lifetime Achievement AwardAward1932Born13 October 1932