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Betsey Bruce, the first female television journalist reporting hard news in St. Louis, retires
Newscaster Betsey Bruce is believed to be the first woman in St. Louis assigned to daily hard news reporting on television.
She’s been a professional journalist for 46 years.
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Last Friday, she began her retirement.
“I haven’t slept in yet,” Bruce told St. Louis on the Air host and former colleague Don Marsh. “I’ve been warned I should not make any real commitments for the first six months.”
Although she ended her career at KTVI (Channel 2), she started her career at KMOV (Channel 4) in 1970.
In 2008, she was elected to the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame.
Bruce said she decided to retire after being offered a generous buy out, realizing that the time after the political season would be an energy let-down, and wanting to devote time to family projects.
Perhaps, she said, she might pursue longer-form video in the future.
Bruce reflected on the responsibility she felt as the first female