Jewish Chicago Magazine: Trailblazing TV News Legend Roz Varon Retires

“Be careful what you wish for. It might come true.” When Roz Varon heard those words from ABC7’s general manager in 1989, her life was about to drastically change. She had already spent nine years as a radio traffic reporter, and was offered a job as Chicago’s first TV traffic reporter on the morning news-and one of the first in the entire country.