Yolanda Gaskins
Biography
Yolanda L. Gaskins was born on September 8, 1951, in Washington, D.C. She is an American radio and television broadcast personality, writer, and producer. Gaskins attended Western High School, now Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where she was involved in the choir and played lead roles in several musicals and theatrical productions. She also participated in a radio production training program at WOOK-AM radio station, where she was the only female participant. Gaskins received her B.A. from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She began her broadcasting career in 1983 and has worked for several prominent media organizations, including CNN, NBC, Black Entertainment Television, and E! Entertainment Television. In 1993, Gaskins became the first African American woman news anchor/show host on a cable news network in America when she joined CNN. She has also worked as a television news anchor and reporter, radio talk show host, and television producer. Some of her notable roles include hosting the nationally syndicated show PM Magazine and being featured in O Magazine in 2005. Additionally, she has appeared in television shows such as “The Wire” and “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.” In 2005, Gaskins left radio to become the Director of Media Relations and spokesperson for Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland. During her 12 years there, she created media strategies on various issues and produced videos for internal and external communication. In 2013, she founded Gaskins Media Works, a strategic communications firm that provides services to nonprofit organizations. Today, Gaskins lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, and continues her work as a media consultant and video producer.
Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles
Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes • as School Board Representative
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
Drama Series - 1994, 16 episodes • as TV News Reporter
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as TV Announcer
A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Linda Montoya
A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Newscaster
A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Sharon
The coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man.
Movie - 1992, 2h 15m • as Judy
The famous TV journalist Marcy Singer receives an anonymous phone call that orders her to the Blue Moon bar. When she arrives, she finds 6 corpses. Urged by her new boss, she investigates the case, and soon learns about evidence against her own husband Reed.
Movie - 1994, 2h 15m • as Female Reporter
A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.