Lisa Myers (born
Joplin, Missouri
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) is an American journalist. She was the senior investigative correspondent for ''
NBC Nightly News
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''.
A 1973 graduate of the
University of Missouri
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's
Missouri School of Journalism in
Columbia, Missouri, she joined NBC in 1981. From 1979 to 1981, Myers was White House correspondent for ''
The Washington Star
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''. From 1977 to 1979, she was a Washington correspondent for the ''
Chicago Sun-Times
The ''Chicago Sun-Times'' is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since 2022, it is the flagship paper of Chicago Public Media, and has the second largest circulation among Chicago newspapers, after the ''Chicago ...
''. She retired from NBC News after 33 years in early 2014.
She lives in
Washington, D.C.
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Awards
*2007
Gerald Loeb Award for Television Daily business journalism for "Trophy"
*2006
George Polk Award
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*2005 Gracie Allen Individual Achievement Award as an Outstanding Correspondent
*2004
Emmy Award for Business and Financial Reporting
*2004
Clarion Award
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Music
* Clarion (instrument), a type of trumpet used in the Middle Ages
* The register of a clarinet that ranges from B4 to C6
* A trumpet organ stop that usually plays an octave above unison pitch
* "Clarion" (song), a 2 ...
*2003 Joan Barone Award
References
External links
*
NBC News biography*
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American television reporters and correspondents
American women journalists
Chicago Sun-Times people
George Polk Award recipients
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television
NBC News people
People from Joplin, Missouri
Missouri School of Journalism alumni
21st-century American women
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