Anne Doyle (sportscaster)

Anne Doyle is an American journalist, and one of the first women TV sports broadcasters in the United States. As a sports reporter and anchor for WJBK in Detroit from 1978 to 1983, she played a leadership role in achieving equal access to sports locker rooms for women journalists.

In 2009, she was elected to the city council of Auburn Hills, Michigan, and served from 2010 to 2013.

Doyle is the president of the Michigan chapter of the International Women's Forum, and is the author of the book, Powering Up: How America's Women Achievers Become Leaders. She is the daughter of former Detroit sports broadcaster Vince Doyle, who died due to heart failure, in 1990.

Doyle received her B.A. from the University of Michigan, where she studied Spanish and political science. She also studied at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and overseas, at the University of Spain.

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