COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ann B. Walker, a Columbus media icon, former columnist, journalist, and radio host, has died, according to her family. She was 101.

Walker was the first woman and woman of color in management in Columbus television history and the community service director at NBC4. During her time at NBC4, she interviewed Martin Luther King Jr., senators, congressmen, and President Jimmy Carter, who eventually offered her a position in the White House as a public affairs advisor; this made her the first Black woman from Franklin County to receive a White House appointment. • Former NBC4 journalist Ann B. Walker with former President Jimmy Carter. (NBC4) • Ann B. Walker of WLW-C/WCMH/NBC4 in an undated photo (NBC4 archives) • Ann B. Walker. (NBC4 File Photo) • Ann B. Walke

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