{{short description|American journalist and news anchor at WABC-TV}} {{Use American English|date = May 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date = May 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Sade Baderinwa | birth_name = Folasade Olayinka Baderinwa | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|14}} | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | alma_mater = University of Maryland, College Park | occupation = Television news anchor, Television journalist | employer = The Walt Disney Company | television = WABC-TV<br/>(2003–present) | death_date = | death_place = }}
'''Folasade Olayinka Baderinwa''' (born April 14, 1969), known professionally as '''Sade Baderinwa''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|ɑː|d|eɪ|_|ˈ|b|ɑː|d|ər|ɪ|n|w|ɑː}} {{respell|SHAH|day|_|BAH|dər|in|wah}}), is an American broadcast journalist. Since 2003, she has been a news anchor at WABC-TV, the ABC flagship station in New York, and currently co-anchors the weekday 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts of ''Eyewitness News'' with Bill Ritter.
== Early life== Baderinwa was born to a Nigerian father and a German mother.<ref name="BaltimoreProfile" /> At age seven, her mother no longer took part in her life and her father returned to Africa, leaving her in the custody of a family friend.<ref name="BaltimoreProfile">{{cite news|author=Shapiro|first=Stephanie|date=May 12, 2002|title=Anchor In Her Life|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2002/05/12/anchor-in-her-life/|url-status=live|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130000249/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-05-12-0205130313-story.html|archive-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> She was subsequently adopted in Baltimore by WBAL-TV anchor Edie House, whose parents also provided additional support.<ref name="BaltimoreProfile" /><ref name="BaltimoreEarly">{{Cite news|last=Shapiro|first=Stephanie|date=August 31, 2000|title=On air, clothes speak, softly|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2000-08-31-0008310056-story.html|access-date=August 19, 2020}}</ref> When Baderinwa was 12, her birth mother eventually took her in to live with her family in nearby Montgomery County.<ref name="BaltimoreProfile" /> She has since continued to maintain contact with her biological parents, as well as with her adoptive family.<ref name="BaltimoreProfile"/>
Baderinwa graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources with a degree in agricultural business and resource economics.<ref name="BaltimoreEarly"/>
== Career ==
=== Early career === Baderinwa began her career as a production assistant for ABC News' various programs, including ''This Week With David Brinkley'', ''Nightline'', ''World News Tonight'', and News One.<ref name="ABCbio">{{Cite web|title=Sade Baderinwa|url=https://abc7ny.com/about/newsteam/sade-baderinwa/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226143320/https://abc7ny.com/about/newsteam/sade-baderinwa/|archive-date=February 26, 2019|access-date=May 2, 2020|website=WABC-TV}}</ref> She went on to become a reporter trainee at WUSA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C., before becoming a reporter at WSLS-TV, the NBC affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia.<ref name="ABCbio" />
Baderinwa joined WBAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Baltimore, in February 2000.<ref name="BaltimoreEarly" /> There, she anchored the morning and noon newscasts and also hosted a weekly community affairs show.<ref name="ABCbio" />
=== 2003–present: WABC-TV === In 2003, Baderinwa joined WABC-TV as a reporter and anchor for the station's noon newscast''<ref name="ABCbio" />'' before joining Diana Williams as co-anchor of the 5 p.m. newscast.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 30, 2019|title=Eyewitness News anchor Diana Williams announces her retirement|work=WABC-TV|url=https://abc7ny.com/diana-williams-retirement-eyewitness-news-wabc-tv/5323430/|url-status=live|access-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820004119/https://abc7ny.com/diana-williams-retirement-eyewitness-news-wabc-tv/5323430/|archive-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref>
On the evening of July 23, 2004, while preparing a report on location outside of 257 Hudson Street in Hackensack, New Jersey about local flooding, she was struck by a hit and run driver who went through police lines, and was rendered unconscious following the collision.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 26, 2004|title=Eyewitness News Team Member Recovering After Being Struck by Hit and Run Driver|work=WABC-TV|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_072604_sadebaderinwa_early.html|url-status=dead|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050107232226/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_072604_sadebaderinwa_early.html|archive-date=January 7, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Charlesworth|first=Michelle|date=August 6, 2004|title=Sade Baderinwa Update: Cops Hunt Driver, $5,000 Reward Offered|work=WABC-TV|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_080604_sadecrimestopper.html|url-status=dead|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041129102752/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_080604_sadecrimestopper.html|archive-date=November 29, 2004}}</ref> After undergoing multiple surgeries and months of physical therapy,<ref name="Incident1">{{cite news|date=February 24, 2005|title=WBAL-TV: Sade Baderinwa talks about accident that nearly killed her|work=WBAL-TV|url=http://www.thewbalchannel.com/entertainment/4227367/detail.html|url-status=dead|access-date=December 3, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061127095454/http://www.thewbalchannel.com/entertainment/4227367/detail.html|archive-date=November 27, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Huff|first=Richard|date=December 17, 2004|title=Ch. 7 anchor's road to recovery|newspaper=New York Daily News|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/262757p-224977c.html|url-status=dead|access-date=December 3, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227045952/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/262757p-224977c.html|archive-date=December 27, 2005}}</ref> Baderinwa returned on-air on December 13, 2004,{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} but continued receiving physical therapy five times a week following her return.<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 6, 2006|title=TV Anchor Helping Hit-and-Run Victims|work=ABC News|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=763442|url-status=live|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113081735/http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=763442|archive-date=November 13, 2016}}</ref> The driver in the collision was never caught.<ref name="Incident1" />
On October 27, 2006, Baderinwa appeared on ''The View'' as a guest co-host.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}
In May 2011, Baderinwa became co-anchor of the 11 p.m. newscast with Bill Ritter, replacing Liz Cho, who vacated the slot to anchor the station's new 4 p.m newscast, which debuted after the end of ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Huff|first=Richard|date=April 22, 2011|title=Inner Tube: Liz Cho, David Novarro to anchor 'Eyewitness News First at 4,' taking 'Oprah' timeslot|newspaper=New York Daily News|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2011/04/22/2011-04-22_inner_tube_liz_cho_david_novarro_to_anchor_eyewitness_news_first_at_4_taking_opr.html|url-status=live|accessdate=April 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042111/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/tube-liz-cho-david-novarro-anchor-eyewitness-news-4-oprah-timeslot-article-1.111802|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
She has also been a regular moderator at the United Nations' celebration of International Women's Day.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Women's Day 2018 – Observance at UN headquarters|url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/events/2018/03/international-womens-day-2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311163820/https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/events/2018/03/international-womens-day-2018|archive-date=March 11, 2020|access-date=August 19, 2020|website=UN Women}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=March 8, 2019|title=United Nations celebrates International Women's Day|work=WABC-TV|url=https://abc7ny.com/united-nations-international-women's-day-sade-baderinwa-women/5177100/|url-status=live|access-date=August 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820032639/https://abc7ny.com/united-nations-international-women%27s-day-sade-baderinwa-women/5177100/|archive-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=March 6, 2020|title=Sade Baderinwa moderates United Nation's celebration of International Women's Day|work=Eyewitness News ABC 7|url=https://abc7ny.com/society/sade-baderinwa-hosts-uns-celebration-of-international-womens-day/5990632/|url-status=live|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328031426/https://abc7ny.com/society/sade-baderinwa-hosts-uns-celebration-of-international-womens-day/5990632/|archive-date=March 28, 2020}}</ref>
==See also== * New Yorkers in journalism
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://abc7ny.com/about/newsteam/sade-baderinwa/ WABC-TV Sade Baderinwa Bio]
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