TOP FIVE FOR EPISODE #36: Top 5 Influential Women Journalists

For this week's episode, we counted down five of the most influential women journalists:

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5. Anna Quindlen - a novelist, journalist, and columnist who's path-breaking New York Times column "public and private" won the pulitzer for commentary in 1992.

4. Marlene Sanders - the first female correspondent in Vietnam and first female anchor on a US network television evening newscast. She was also the first female vice president of ABC news.

3. Barbara Walters - a popular journalist known for her interviewing skills. She has been the host of many influential ABC programs including the ABC evening news 20/20.

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2. Jane Mauer - an investigative reporter who has been a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1968. Her 2008 book "The Dark Side" exposed the Bush administration's more questionable tactics in the war on terror.

1. Linda Greenhouse - a pulitzer prize winning reporter who covered the US Supreme court for more than 25 years, beginning in 1978.