Linda Ellerbee
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Linda Ellerbee (born August 15, 1944) is an American journalist who has held positions at NBC News, including Washington, D.C., reporter, and also as host of Nickelodeon's Nick News with Linda Ellerbee.
"Understandably the best written and most sophisticated news program ever" was lauded by the judging panel for the duPont Columbia Awards as "possibly the best planned and most intelligent news program ever."
Early life
Ellerbee was born Linda Jane Smith in Bryan, Texas. She attended River Oaks Elementary School, Lanier Middle School, and Lamar High School in Houston.
She also attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, but she dropped out in 1964. Ellerbee was out of the country for some time afterward, working in radio labor, and radio broadcasting was a new thing.In her own words:
She was recruited by the Dallas bureau of the Associated Press to write a report after a stint with Terry Miller, the Alaska Senate majority leader. She says she was fired after writing a catty personal letter on the AP's word processors and mistakenly sending the letter out on the wire. The letter attracted the attention of Houston CBS television affiliate KHOU-TV, who had hired her to replace Jessica Savitch in January 1973. She was hired by WCBS-TV in New York within months.
Ellerbee served as a reporter on Today at NBC. On the prime-time version of Weekend, it was her first anchor job. When the show transitioned from its late-night time slot (where it changed with Saturday Night Live, typically one Saturday night per month) to concrete prime time competition with CBS's 60 Minutes, Ellerbee joined Lloyd Dobyns as co-host of Weekend. They would sign-off with the phrase, "And so it goes." With the late-night incarnation.
Ellerbee was back again in 1982 as a host of NBC News Overnight, alongside Dobyns (and later Bill Schechner) as hosts, where their signature writing style made the program somewhat similar to their stint on Weekend. "And so it goes," the two women's first memoir ended each broadcast with a brief, often wry, commentary. Ellerbee spent time at NBC with Jessica Savitch, and although Savitch's heroin use became apparent, Ellerbee attempted to order an intervention, but Savitch died before that happened.
Ellerbee co-anchor with Andrea Mitchell in 1984, the first time a prime-time television news show was co-anchored by two women after the cancellation of Overnight. She began as a correspondent for Today before she moved to rival network ABC in 1986. She appeared on Good Morning America as a reporter. Ellerbee co-write and co-anchor at ABC (with Ray Gandolf) Our World, a weekly primetime historical series. She was given an Emmy Award for her work on the scheme.
Ellerbee and her husband and business partner Rolfe Tessem left network news to form Lucky Duck Productions in 1987. The company has produced programs for every major cable network, as well as Nick News, a news service for children on Nickelodeon. Several Peabody Awards have been given (including one personal Peabody for her coverage of the Clinton investigation), another duPont Columbia Award, and three Emmys have been given to the show. Ellerbee was given an Emmy for her WE: Women's Entertainment network series When I Was a Girl, which premiered in 2004.
She appeared in an episode of the sitcom Murphy Brown in 1989. Ellerbee had auditioned for the anchor position, but Candice Bergen played the title character in "Summer of '77." Murphy Brown also accuses Ellerbee of stealing the catch from her during a long-haul flight. With Ellerbee's comment that she might return to an old network job and Brown's desire to write a book, the two reminisced. Both reply with "Nahh..."
And So It Goes, her autobiography, was first published in 1986. Move On: Adventures in the Real World, a second book of memoirs, was published in 1991 and a third, Taking Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table, was published in 2005. In addition, she has written an eight-part collection of Girl Reporter books for young people as well as a syndicated newspaper column.
Ellerbee was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent double mastectomy in 1992. Since then, she has spent a large portion of her time in speaking to audiences about how she beat the disease and how women can fight the illness, demand enhanced medical care, and maintain a healthy sense of humor.
Career
Ellerbee spent time as a reporter at NBC on Today. This was her first anchor post on Weekend's prime-time version. When Weekend's late-night time slot (where it changed with Saturday Night Live, generally one Saturday night per month) was turned into direct prime time competition with CBS's 60 Minutes, Ellerbee joined Lloyd Dobyns as co-host. They would say, "And so it goes," as with the late-night version.
Ellerbee was reunited with Dobyns (and later Bill Schechner) as hosts of NBC News Overnight in 1982, where their signature writing style made the program somewhat similar to their stint on Weekend. "And so it goes," the two hosts said in the beginning of each broadcast with a brief, often wry, commentary. Ellerbee worked with Jessica Savitch when Savitch's heroin use became apparent, Ellerbee attempted to launch an intervention, but Savitch died before that took place.
Ellerbee co-anchor with Andrea Mitchell in 1984, the first time a prime-time television news service was co-anchored by two women after the cancellation of Overnight. She began working as a reporter for Today before moving to rival network ABC in 1986. She appeared as a reporter for the morning show Good Morning America. Ellerbee's at ABC was able to co-write and co-anchor (with Ray Gandolf). Our World, a weekly primetime historical series. She received an Emmy Award for her efforts on that program.
Ellerbee and her partner and business partner Rolfe Tessem left television news in 1987 to form Lucky Duck Productions, a self-production firm. The company has produced programs for every major cable network, as well as Nick News, Nickelodeon's flagship program, Nick News, a news service for children. Several Peabody Awards have been given (including one personal Peabody for reporting the Clinton investigation), another duPont Columbia Award, and three Emmys have been given. Ellerbee was given an Emmy for her WE: Women's Entertainment network series When I Was a Child, which was broadcast on NBC in 2004.
She appeared in an episode of the sitcom Murphy Brown in 1989. Ellerbee had applied for the anchor job, but Candice Bergen's "Summer of '77" mentioned this. Murphy Brown has accused Ellerbee of stealing the catch "And so it goes..." from her during a long-haul flight. Ellerbee says she'd like to return to an old network job and Brown that they'd like to write a book. Both reply with "Nahh..."
And So It Goes, her autobiography, was released in 1986. Move On: Adventures in the Real World was published in 1991 and a third, Adventures Around the World, and Across the Table, 2005, was published. In addition, she has written an eight-part series of Girl Reporter books for young people as well as a syndicated newspaper column.
Ellerbee was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy in 1992. Since then, she has spent significant time speaking to audiences about how she beat the disease and how women should fight the disease, demand improved medical care, and maintain a positive sense of humor.