Rachel Maddow
I first "met" Rachel Maddow when she was a fill in for Keith Olberman, when he wasn't able to do his show. Several people filled in for him but Maddow stood out from all the others. Apparently she was so popular filling in for Olberman that he recommended she get her own show in 2008. I was thrilled.
Following its debut, the show topped Countdown as the highest-rated show on MSNBC on several occasions. After being on air for more than a month, Maddow's program doubled the audience that hour. This show made Maddow the first openly gay or lesbian host of a primetime news program in the United States.
Wikipedia has a long entry about her, which has a long, long list of awards she has won.
This book isn't an in depth discussion of her life, but it was an interesting read.
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