Cheryl Burton, longtime Chicago news anchor, has been named recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Journalists Association.
Burton, who anchors the top-rated 5 and 10 p.m. weekday newscasts on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 with Alan Krashesky, will be honored Nov. 15 at the association’s 80th anniversary awards dinner. She joined ABC 7 in 1992 from KWCH.
The event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive.
“We’re proud to honor a journalist who has quietly and steadily achieved career highs over the course of 27 years at ABC 7 — from her start as weekend co-anchor/reporter to last year’s promotion to anchor of Chicago’s most watched evening news show,” said Maudlyne Ihejirika, CJA president and Sun-Times columnist.
“Chicago has watched a career built on hard work and merit and conscientious commitment to diverse narratives, with a strong sprinkling of resilience and humility, and firm dedication to giving back through service work with myriad organizations,” she said.
Burton is a South Side native and graduate of Lindblom Technical High School in Englewood and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
