Cheryl Burton

Cheryl Burton

Artist in the Spotlight: Cheryl Burton

She’s the celebrated American television personality of African American ethnicity, who happens to be beautiful on the inside and out.

Cheryl Burton of Chicago ABC news anchor women is one of the most powerful players in the media, creating history time and time again (during the 1980’s, she worked as a television host for the nations’ first African American owned cable network, Black Entertainment Television, BET.)

Cheryl Burton

Artist in the Spotlight: Cheryl Burton

But it’s not just the talent that has helped propel her from a contestant on Star Search to being a top-rated journalist — her work with helping others has earned her several awards including the Sisters in the Spirit” Award Procter and Gamble Award,  NABJ  Salute to Excellence International, Thurgood Marshall Award, Russ Ewing Award and  Phenomenal woman Award.

And, phenomenal, she appears to be be: the Emmy-award winning journalist, is renowned for her sense of style and to die-for physique.  But it is her work with causes such as Boys and Girls Club of America (volunteer), Chicago Public School (speaker for the students) and Life With Lupus Guild (a board member), that truly makes her an inspiration making her 2017 Artist In the Spotlight.

Follow Cheryl Burton on Instagram: @cherylburtonabc7

Artist in the Spotlight: Cheryl Burton