Hallie Marie Jackson (born April 29, 1984) is Senior Washington correspondent for

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, an anchor for both its cable and streaming divisions,

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and NBC News Now, a fill-in and substitute anchor for ''

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'', Sunday Today With Willie Geist, And NBC Nightly News. She worked in

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and Dover, Delaware;

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and

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; and

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, before joining NBC News in 2014.

Early life and education

Jackson was born on April 29, 1984, in

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, the daughter of Heidi and David Jackson. In 2002, she graduated from

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. In 2006, Jackson graduated

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from

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with a

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degree in

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Career

Jackson started her journalism career at

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in the towns of

, and Dover, Delaware, in 2006, until her departure for

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in the cities of

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and

, during 2008. Her career led her in 2012 to

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, where she reported for their 26 stations from

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In 2014, Jackson became a reporter and journalist for

, for which she covered the Ted Cruz presidential campaign for the network as their embedded reporter. In late summer 2016, Jackson began anchoring the 1 p.m. ET edition of ''

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'', NBC News' daytime coverage platform. In January 2017, NBC named Jackson as its chief

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, while also stating that she would transition time slots and anchor MSNBC's 10:00 a.m. hour. On September 20, 2021, Jackson moved to the 3 p.m. hour of ''

''. On November 17, 2021, Jackson began hosting Hallie Jackson NOW on NBC News' streaming channel, NBC News Now, which streams Mondays through Fridays at 5 p.m. ET.

Honors and awards

On May 27, 2020, Jackson was invited to and gave special remarks at her alma mater

's 2020 commencement ceremony. Other notable guest speakers during the virtual ceremony included Reddit co-founder and commencement speaker

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; philanthropist and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a leading member of the

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; and senior class president Pavan Patel.

Personal life

Jackson and her partner Frank Thorp, a producer and off-air reporter for NBC News, announced the birth of their first child on March 9, 2020.

References

External links

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Johns Hopkins University article
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