Rehema Ellis is an
America
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television journalist
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, working for
NBC News
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.
A correspondent based in
New York City
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,
New York
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, she is also the lead education correspondent for NBC News.
Early life and education
Ellis was born in
North Carolina
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, and raised in
Boston
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,
.
Ellis graduated from both
Simmons College
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, located in Boston; and the
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
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, located in New York City.
Career
Early career
Ellis worked at several television stations before joining NBC News. Ellis began her broadcasting career at
KDKA-TV
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and Radio in
Pittsburgh
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,
Pennsylvania
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, and she has also worked at
WHDH-TV
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in Boston as an anchor and reporter.
NBC News
Ellis joined NBC News in 1994 as a general assignment reporter. During her more than twenty-year career with NBC News she has reported on a wide range of topics, including
Hurricane Katrina
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in 2005;
the plane crash on the Hudson River in 2009; the
2008 presidential election; the
September 11 attacks
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on the
World Trade Center
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in 2001; mass killings in
Zaire
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; the
death of Michael Jackson
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in 2009; and the
2004 Summer Olympic Games
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in
Greece
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.
In 2010, Ellis became lead education correspondent where she reports on educational topics and is the main correspondent for the
NBC Education Nation
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summit.
Awards and honors
Ellis has won numerous
Emmy Awards
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,
Associated Press
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awards,
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* Edward R. Murrow Award (Corporation for Public Broadcasting), given out to individuals in public radio since 1977
* Edward Murrow Awa ...
, and the
National Association of Black Journalists
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awards.
See also
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List of people from Boston
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* 7L & Esoteric – rap group
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* Abiel Abbot (1770 ...
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List of people from New York City
Many notable people were either born in New York City or adopted it as their home.
People from New York City
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*50 Cent (Curtis Jackson, born 1975) – businessman and rapper
*6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez, born 1996) – rapper ...
*
List of people from North Carolina
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Academia
* Graham Allison (born 1940), political scientist and professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Governme ...
References
External links
NBC's Bio of Ellis* ()
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