Linda Ellerbee
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Linda Ellerbee (born
Linda Jane Smith; August 15, 1944) is an American
journalist, anchor, producer, reporter, author, speaker and commentator, noted as longtime
Washington correspondent for
NBC News and host of ''
NBC News Overnight''. She is widely known as the twenty-five year host of ''
Nick News'',
Nickelodeon's highly rated and recognized news program for older school-aged children and teens that addressed substantive issues, including wars, disease and disasters, without condescension.
Ellerbee's work on ''NBC News Overnight'' was recognized by the jurors of the
duPont Columbia Awards as "possibly the best written and most intelligent news program ever." Described as literate, smart, unapologetic, assertive and keenly observant, Ellerbee formally retired in 2015, after 43 years in journalism.
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