Deborah "Debbie" Elliot is a broadcast

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for

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, who covers news events in the American South. She attended graduate school at the

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, where she worked for

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radio (which later joined other stations in forming Alabama Public Radio). Afterwards, she established her reputation as a

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for NPR on the U.S.

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. From 2005 to 2007, she was the host of ''

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''. On September 2, 2007, she announced her decision to step down from the program. Former NPR Congressional reporter

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replaced Elliot as ''WATC'' host. Elliot then reported on the 2008 presidential campaign and the

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before returning to the South in 2009.

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