Linda Ellerbee

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.

Linda Ellerbee
Ellerbee in 1978
Born
Linda Jane Smith

(1944-08-15) August 15, 1944
Bryan, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • news reporter
  • news anchor
Years active
  • 1965–2015
  • 2020–present
Known forNBC News Overnight, Our World, Nick News
Spouses
Mac Smith
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(m. 1964; div. 1966)​
    Van Kenneth Veseika
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    (m. 1968; div. 1971)​
      Tom Ellerbee
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      (m. 1973; div. 1975)​
        John David Klein
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        (m. 1975; div. 1983)​
          Rolfe Tessem
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          (m. 1985)​

          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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