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Former WXII reporter dies
Jane Harrington-Smith, who blazed trails as an African American reporter at WXII in the 1970s, passed away on Friday, Feb. 15. The Winston-Salem native was 61. Harrington-Smith joined WXII in the mid-’70s, after earning a degree in journalism from Fisk University. She eventually became the station’s weekend anchor and co-host (with Billy Rich) of “Shades […]