06/06/2025
Obit: Renee Ferguson, Longtime Investigative Reporter for Chicago Television Stations
I don’t know if they make them like her anymore, but Renee Ferguson left her mark in Chicago news and those hoping to follow in her footsteps. Thank you, Madam…
Renee Ferguson spent more than 25 years as a reporter on two Chicago television stations, and she made history as the first Black woman to work as an investigative reporter on TV in Chicago.
During her career, Ferguson, who also co-founded the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, established herself as one of Chicago’s premier investigative reporters, winning seven Chicago Emmy awards plus an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for investigative reporting.
“Renee had this incredible ability to convince the powers that be in the newsroom to give her these really interesting assignments,” said former WBBM-Ch. 2 Director of Community Affairs Monroe Anderson, a longtime friend. “She knew how to work things out. She was really talented. And she was a good reporter.”
Ferguson, 75, died Friday while in home hospice care, said WMAQ-Ch. 5 news anchor and reporter Marion Brooks, a close friend. She was a longtime Chicago resident.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/06/renee-ferguson-nbc5-dead/