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| 2 | 2 | | By: Y. Davis of Dallas H.R. No. 987 |
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| 7 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Berna Dean Steptoe is retiring from WFAA in Dallas |
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| 9 | 9 | | on May 1, 2025, concluding a noteworthy career spanning 33 years |
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| 10 | 10 | | with the television station; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, A member of the WFAA political team, Ms. Steptoe |
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| 12 | 12 | | produces and provides analysis for its weekly program, Inside Texas |
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| 13 | 13 | | Politics, which airs on 11 stations; in 2019, she accepted the |
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| 14 | 14 | | station's Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television |
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| 15 | 15 | | Political Journalism at the ceremony held by the National Press |
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| 16 | 16 | | Club in Washington, D.C.; she also writes for the station's website |
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| 17 | 17 | | and offers in-depth analysis on WFAA's digital political program; |
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| 18 | 18 | | in addition, she has been in demand as a public speaker; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Before joining WFAA, Ms. Steptoe was employed as an |
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| 20 | 20 | | editorial columnist for The Dallas Examiner; she focused on |
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| 21 | 21 | | politics, government, and community issues; previously, she worked |
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| 22 | 22 | | in newspaper sales at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Dallas Times |
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| 23 | 23 | | Herald and pursued entrepreneurship; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Steptoe is a graduate of Huston-Tillotson |
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| 25 | 25 | | University; highly engaged in the Dallas Chapter of its alumni |
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| 26 | 26 | | association, she has held a number of leadership roles; in |
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| 27 | 27 | | addition, she is an active member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, |
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| 28 | 28 | | Incorporated, and she serves on several boards; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of her long career in journalism, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Berna Dean Steptoe has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to |
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| 31 | 31 | | informing and enlightening the public, and as she embarks on the |
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| 32 | 32 | | next exciting chapter of her life, she may indeed reflect with pride |
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| 33 | 33 | | on her contributions; now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 35 | 35 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Berna Dean Steptoe on her |
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| 36 | 36 | | retirement from WFAA and extend to her sincere best wishes for the |
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| 37 | 37 | | future; and, be it further |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 39 | 39 | | prepared for Ms. Steptoe as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 40 | 40 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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