Linda Ellerbee (born Linda Jane Smith in Bryan, Texas, U.S., August 15, 1944) is a journalist and propagandist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington (DC) correspondent, and reporter and co-anchor of NBC News Overnight, which was recognized by the duPont Columbia Awards as "the best written and most intelligent news program ever." Bryan is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... NBC News endcap, used from 2002 to present. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... NBC News Overnight was a television news program on the NBC television network airing weekday mornings from 1:30 a. ...

Biography

Early life

Ellerbee attended River Oaks Elementary School, Lanier Middle School, Lamar High School in Houston, and attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee[1]. River Oaks Elementary School River Oaks Elementary School is a magnet Vanguard school for the Houston Independent School District. ... Sidney Lanier Middle School is a middle school located at 2600 Woodhead Street in Houston, Texas, United States, with a ZIP code of 77098. ... Lamar High School Mirabeau B. Lamar Senior High School is a secondary school located at 3325 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, United States, with a zip code of 77098. ... Vanderbilt University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in Nashville, Tennessee. ... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ...

Career

While at NBC, she worked with Jessica Savitch; when Savitch's drug problems became apparent she tried to organize an intervention, but Savitch died before it took place. She has also served as a reporter for the morning programs The Today Show and Good Morning America. She would end her stories with the saying "And so it goes."[2] In 1986, she moved to ABC News, where she co-wrote and co-anchored "Our World", a weekly primetime historical series. Her work on that program won her an Emmy. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Today, commonly referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. ...

In 1987, Ellerbee and her life and business partner Rolfe Tessem left network news to start their own production company, Lucky Duck Productions. The company has produced programs for every major cable network, and has as its flagship program Nick News, a news program for children on Nickelodeon. That show has received many awards: three Peabody Awards (including one personal Peabody given to Ellerbee for her coverage of the Clinton investigation), another duPont Columbia Award and three Emmys. In 2004, Ellerbee was honored with an Emmy for her WE: Women’s Entertainment network series "When I Was a Girl". Nick News is a television show on Nickelodeon that has aired since 1992. ... This article is about the TV channel. ...

In 1989, she guest-starred as herself in an episode of the sitcom Murphy Brown. The episode Summer of 77 referenced that Ellerbee had auditioned for the anchor job which eventually went to the title character, played by Candice Bergen. Murphy Brown also accuses Ellerbee of stealing her catchphrase 'And so it goes...' from her during a long haul flight. The two reminisce with Ellerbee saying she might like to go back to an old network job, and Brown wanting to take some time off to write a book. Both reply with 'Nahh...'. Murphy Brown was an Emmy Award-winning American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. ... Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American actress and former fashion model, primarily for her roles in sitcoms and television. ...

Her autobiography And So It Goes was published in 1986. A second book of memoirs, "Move on: Adventures in the Real World" was published in 1992 and third, "Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table" in 2005. In addition, she has authored an eight-part series "Girl Reporter" books for young people, as well as a syndicated newspaper column.

Personal life

Ellerbee had become overweight in the 1980s, and lost over 50 pounds (23 kg) in the mid-1990s in a highly-publicized healthy-eating regimen. She also survived breast cancer around the same time. She went into recovery in 1989 for alcoholism. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. ...

Ellerbee has been married three times: to Mac Smith (1964-1966), Van Veselka (1968-1971), and Tom Ellerbee (1973-1974). She has two children, Vanessa and Joshua, and a granddaughter, Violet.

Employment

Television

• 1978-79: Weekend
• 1979-82: NBC Nightly News
• 1982-84: NBC News Overnight
• 1984: Summer Sunday
• 1984-86: Today
• 1986-87: Our World
• 1991-present: Nick News

Other

• Disc jockey at WSOM Chicago 1964-65
• Program director, KSJO San Francisco, 1967-68
• Reporter, KJNO Juneau, Alaska, 1969-72
• News writer, Associated Press in Dallas, 1972
• Television reporter, KHOU in Houston, Texas, 1972-73
• General assignment reporter, WCBS-TV in New York City, 1973-76
• Reporter, the Washington bureau of NBC News, 1976-78
• Co-anchor, network news magazine Weekend , 1978-79
• Correspondent, NBC Nightly News, 1979-82
• Co-anchor, NBC News Overnight, 1982-84
• Co-anchor, Summer Sunday, 1984
• Reporter, Today, 1984-86
• Reporter, Good Morning America, 1986
• Anchor, ABC show Our World, 1986-87
• Commentator, CNN, 1989
• President, Lucky Duck Productions, since 1987
• Producer, writer, and host, Nick News since 1993
• Writer, host, On the Record
• On-line production with Microsoft, since 1996

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Bibliography

Non-fiction

• Ellerbee, Linda (1986). And So It Goes: Adventures in Television. ISBN 0-399-13047-0. 
• Ellerbee, Linda (1992). Move on: Adventures in the Real World. ISBN 0-06-097469-9. 
• Ellerbee, Linda (2006). Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table. ISBN 0-425-20973-3. 

Fiction

• Ellerbee, Linda (2000). Girl Reporter Blows Lid Off Town! (Get Real, No. 1). ISBN 0-06-440755-1. 
• Ellerbee, Linda (2000). Girl Reporter Sinks School! (Get Real, No. 2). ISBN 0-06-440756-X. 
• Ellerbee, Linda (2000). Girl Reporter Stuck in Jam! (Get Real, No. 3). ISBN 0-06-440757-8. 
• Ellerbee, Linda (2000). Girl Reporter Snags Crush! (Get Real, No. 4). ISBN 0-06-440758-6. 
• Ellerbee, Linda (2000). Ghoul Reporter Digs Up Zombies! (Get Real, No. 5). ISBN 0-06-440759-4. 
• Ellerbee, Linda (2000). Girl Reporter Rocks Polls! (Get Real, No. 6). ISBN 0-06-440760-8. 
• Ellerbee, Linda (2000). Girl Reporter Gets the Skinny! (Get Real, No. 7). ISBN 0-06-440951-1. 
• Ellerbee, Linda (2001). Girl Reporter Bytes Back! (Get Real, No. 8). ISBN 0-06-440952-X. 

External links

• InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse: Linda Ellerbee (TV Interview)
• Linda Ellerbee biography on the Museum of Broadcast Communications website
• Linda Ellerbee at the Internet Movie Database
• Linda Ellerbee at TV.com

• MP3 of "Connecting with Kids" feature on The Online NewsHour