48 July 2013 www.womanthismonth.com Anne Doyle is part of a generation of trailblazing American women, who in the 1970s moved into professions that had previously been exclusively male bastions — television, journalism, law, engineering and corporate boardrooms. In the last four decades, she has been tested in what she calls some of the toughest leadership laboratories, including sports locker rooms, the global auto industry, political office and parenting. We caught up with Anne when she was in Bahrain to learn about the experience of women in the Kingdom. Woman This Month (WTM): Tell us about your journey as a sports journalist and how you managed to break the barriers in US? Anne Doyle (AD): I began my career in 1972 as one of the first on-camera, female TV news reporters and anchors. In 1978, I was hired by CBS-TV as one of the first female TV sports broadcasters in the U.S. Covering sports has always meant going into the locker rooms after games to interview athletes. I knew that because my father was a well-known sports broadcaster. Although it was very controversial at the time, my father told me that I must go in the locker rooms, along with all the male reporters, or I would have no credibility as a sports journalist.” by Simi Kamboj From the frontlines of a generation of women who helped redefine the world of work in America, Anne Doyle now examines the reasons why women remain underachievers and why they need to power up. Soaring on Wings people | interview
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