Rehema Ellis Biography
Rehema Ellis is a well-known veteran American Broadcast Journalist who works at NBC News as Education Correspondent based in New York City. She had joined the network in 1994 as a general assignment correspondent. Her reports appears across NBC broadcasts and platforms like Today, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and MSNBC.
Rehema Ellis Age
As of 2023, Rehema is 70 years old as she was born in 1954. Her birthday is unknown since she has never shared it with public. She was born at North Carolina, United States of America and belongs to African-American heritage.
Rehema Ellis Education
She is alumna of Simmons College in Boston and Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York.
Rehema Ellis Early Life
Little is known about Ellis early life. She was born in North Carolina but later her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts where she was raised.
Rehema Ellis Marital Status and Children
Ellis is a reserved person, hence making it difficult to know much about her. There is no dating history about her in the public. She is considered single. About kids she is a mother of one, a son. Her son’s name is Khori Ellis and they live in New York.
Rehema Ellis’s net worth
Her total net worth as of 2024 is projected to be in range of $1million-$5 million which she has accumulated throughout her career as a journalist.
Rehema Ellis’s Career
Ellis’s Journalism career began at KDKA Radio and TV in Pittsburgh. Later she was hired by WHDH-TV in Boston to work as reporter and Weekend anchor.
In 1994 NBC News hired Rehema to work as general assignment correspondent. They changed her position in 2010 making her education correspondent. She was integral part of the first annual education Nation Summit held by NBC which focused on strengths and weaknesses of America education system.
Rehema has been a recipient of several awards like Emmy which she has received in several occasions like in 2008 when she reported the presidential election and Inauguration of Barrack Obama. She also reported the Zaire Mass killings in Rwanda, where almost a million people were killed.
Other awards includes: Edward R. Murrow, Associated Press Awards and has also received an Honorary Doctorate degree in Journalism.
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