Liz Walker

Liz Walker is an American pastor and retired journalist. She was the first black woman to co-anchor a newscast in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She became the Pastor of the Roxbury Presbyterian Church in 2014. Her career had begun in her hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas working as the public affairs director at station KATV. On-air assignments in Denver (KMGH-TV) and San Francisco (KRON-TV) followed before she moved to Boston and WBZ in 1980. In 1987, she was reportedly making $500,000 a year ($1.375 million in April, 2024). In that year her planned pregnancy was publicly announced. This caused some criticism as some local religious leaders felt that she was both unmarried and unashamed made her a poor role model for teenagers.

In January 2002, she produced an independent documentary on Sudan entitled In the Lion's Mouth."

Pastor

Walker became the Pastor of the Roxbury Presbyterian Church in May 2014. She had served as "transitional leader" since 2011. On December 25, 2021, The Boston Globe reported that Liz Walker left her position as minister of the Roxbury Presbyterian Church.

Awards and honors Walker has been inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. In 2001, the Crittenton Women's Union gave her the Amelia Earhart Award.

Her coverage of Sudan led to an Edward R. Murrow Award for a News Story by the Regional Television Radio News Director's Association in 2002.

Personal life Walker has a son, actor Nik Walker. She is originally from Little Rock, Arkansas and the daughter of a minister.