Hallie Jackson

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Hallie Jackson
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Jackson reporting during an anti-Donald Trump protest at Trump Tower in 2016.
Born
Hallie Marie Jackson [1]

(1984-04-29) April 29, 1984 (age 40)
Yardley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater Johns Hopkins University (BA)
Employer NBC News
Television NBC Nightly News
Hallie Jackson NOW
Spouse
Doug Hitchner
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(m. 2011,divorced)​
PartnerFrank Thorp
Children1
Honors Phi Beta Kappa

Hallie Marie Jackson (born April 29, 1984) is an American reporter and network anchor. She is the senior Washington correspondent for NBC News, an anchor for NBC News Now, and the anchor of the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News . She is also a substitute anchor for Today , Saturday Today, Sunday Today with Willie Geist, and NBC Nightly News. She worked in Salisbury, Maryland; Dover, Delaware; Hartford, Connecticut; New Haven, Connecticut; and Baltimore, Maryland, before joining NBC News in 2014.

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Early life and education

Jackson was born on April 29, 1984, [2] in Yardley, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Heidi and David Jackson. [3] In 2002, she graduated from Pennsbury High School. [4] In 2006, Jackson graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. degree in political science. [5] As an undergraduate at JHU, she joined Phi Mu sorority.

Career

Jackson started her journalism career at WBOC-TV, in Salisbury, Maryland and Dover, Delaware in 2006 until her departure for WFSB, in Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, during 2008. [6] Her career led to Hearst Corporation in 2012, where she reported for their 26 stations from Washington, D.C. In 2014, Jackson became a reporter and journalist for NBC News, [5] for which she covered the Ted Cruz presidential campaign for the network as their embedded reporter. In summer 2016, Jackson began anchoring the 1 p.m. ET edition of MSNBC Live , NBC News' daytime coverage platform. In January 2017, NBC named Jackson as its chief White House correspondent, while also stating that she would transition time slots and anchor MSNBC's 10:00 a.m. hour. [7] On September 20, 2021, Jackson moved to the 3 p.m. hour of MSNBC Live . On November 17, 2021, Jackson began hosting Hallie Jackson NOW on NBC News' streaming channel, NBC News NOW, which streams Mondays through Fridays at 5 p.m. ET. [8] Her streaming show expanded to two hours in March 2023.

Honors and awards

On May 27, 2020, Jackson was invited to and gave special remarks at her alma mater Johns Hopkins University's 2020 commencement ceremony. [9] Other guest speakers during the virtual ceremony included Reddit co-founder and commencement speaker Alexis Ohanian; philanthropist and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and a leading member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force and senior class president, Pavan Patel. [10]

Personal life

Jackson and her partner, Frank Thorp, a producer and off-air reporter for NBC News, announced the birth of their first child, a daughter, on March 9, 2020. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Phi Beta Kappa to Induct New Members". The JHU Gazette. May 1, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ Hallie Jackson [@HallieJackson] (April 29, 2014). "Thanks for all the birthday wishes! Out contemplating the unending passage of time with some Paleozoic-era rocks. :)" (Tweet). Retrieved April 5, 2016– via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Hallie Jackson Douglas Hitchner". Doylestown Intelligencer. April 17, 2011. David and Heidi Jackson of Fallsington are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Hallie Jackson to Douglas Hitchner, son of Elam and Mary Kay Hitchner of Haverford. Hallie is a 2002 graduate of PHS and obtained her Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University. She currently works as a news anchor and reporter for station WFSB in Hartford.
  4. ↑ "msnbc-broadcasts-from-washington-crossing-park". Newton PA. October 21, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Knox, Merrill (July 15, 2014). "Hallie Jackson Joins NBC News". Adweek . Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  6. ↑ Knox, Merrill (April 26, 2012). "WFSB Anchor Hallie Jackson Joining Hearst's Washington Bureau". Adweek . Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  7. ↑ Ariens, Chris (January 18, 2017). "NBC Names Hallie Jackson White House Correspondent, Kasie Hunt to Capitol Hill". Adweek . Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ Weprin, Alex (November 9, 2021). "NBC News Reveals Launch Plans for Hallie Jackson's Streaming Show (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  9. ↑ Eva Chen (May 21, 2020). "Johns Hopkins Alumni Welcome the Class of 2020". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  10. ↑ Hub staff report (May 21, 2020). "Senior class president Pavan Patel said the Class of 2020 is "ready to make its mark"". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  11. ↑ Vivinetto, Gina (March 11, 2020). "It's a girl! Hallie Jackson welcomes 1st child". Today. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
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