TELEVISION PERSONALITY Vicki Newton...

TELEVISION PERSONALITY Vicki Newton came to Southwestern Illinois community in Belleville on Thursday to talk about the challenges faced on women in the male-dominated world of broadcasting.

Her talk was part of Herstory: A Celebration of Women in Honor of Women's History Month

The recently made knowns anchor at KMOV-TV, Channel 4 in St Louis said she worked her way around a of the challenges by working hard and doing the best do job-work she could in order to stand revealed

"There were a indications early on that my sex was going to be a enigma my race was going to be a problem" she said. "I chose to ignore them. I had other fish to be frying as we say down South"

Newton is from Arkansas and has worked at television stations in Jonesboro, Ark., Little support Ark., Kansas City, Mo., Detroit and Atlanta as well as CNN before coming