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Rehema Ellis
Rehema Ellis is an American television journalist, working for NBC News. A correspondent based in New York City, New York, she is also the lead education correspondent for NBC News. Early life and education Ellis was born in North Carolina, and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. Ellis graduated from both Simmons College, located in Boston; and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 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 and Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and she has also worked at WHDH-TV 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 in 2005; the plane crash on the Hudson River in 2009; the 2008 presidential election; the September 11 attacks on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. In the 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park. The earliest evidence of human occupation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 United States Presidential Election
The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska. Obama became the first African American to be elected to the presidency, as well as being only the third sitting United States senator elected president, joining Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy. Meanwhile, Biden became the first senator running mate of a senator elected president since Lyndon B. Johnson (who was Kennedy's running mate) in the 1960 election. Incumbent Republican President George W. Bush was ineligible to pursue a third term due to the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment. McCain secured the Republican nomination by March 2008, defeating former governors Mitt Romney, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People From Boston
This is a list of people who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Boston, Massachusetts and its surrounding metropolitan statistical area. 0-9 * 7L & Esoteric – rap group A * Abiel Abbot (1770–1828), born in Andover, clergyman and author * Ezra Abbot (1819–1884), biblical scholar, taught at Harvard Divinity School * Joel Abbot (1776–1826), naval officer * Amos Abbott (1786–1868), born in Westford, member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts * Austin Abbott (1831–1896), born in Boston, lawyer, novelist, and academic * Benjamin Vaughan Abbott (1830–1890), born in Boston, lawyer and legal writer * Joseph Carter Abbott (1825–1882), publisher of the ''Boston Bee'' * Josiah Gardner Abbott (1814–1891), member of United States House of Representatives * Abdul-Malik Abu (born 1995), basketball player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League * Edith Achilles (1892 – 1989), psychologis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Columbia University Graduate School Of Journalism People
Following is a list of notable alumni and faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, a graduate school of the American Columbia University, located in New York City, New York. A–G * Adamu Adamu, minister of education in Nigeria * Margot Adler, anchor, National Public Radio * Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Ghanaian politician; a founding father of Ghana; member of the Big Six * Jeannine Amber, journalist and author; former senior writer at Essence. * Daniel Arnall, executive producer for news, Bloomberg Television; former senior producer for business coverage, ABC News * Amotz Asa-El, senior commentator, former executive editor, Jerusalem Post. * Spencer Bailey, editor-in-chief, ''Surface'' * Russ Baker, investigative reporter, founder of The Real News Project and editor-in-chief of whowhatwhy.org. * David W. Ball, novelist and short-story writer * Wayne Barrett, senior editor and investigative reporter, ''Village Voice'' * Ralph Begleiter, distinguishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
