Rehema Ellis Biography, Early Life, NBC, Career, and Net Worth

Rehema Ellis Biography

Rehema Ellis is an American TV news journalist working for NBC news. She works for as the channel’s lead education correspondent. She is based in New York City.

Rehema Ellis Early Life / Age

Rehema was born in 1954 somewhere in North Carolina, in the southeastern part of the United States. However, she was raised in Boston, the capital of Massachusetts. As of 2018, she is  64–65 She attended the Simmons College located in Boston. After graduating, she attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York.

Rehema Ellis Personal Life

Early in her life, she got married to an unnamed man. She got divorced some years after the marriage. By the time of the divorce, the couple had one son. She currently lives in New York City with her son.

Rehema Ellis Career

Before joining NBC in 1994, she worked in some other roles in other stations. Her career began in KDKA Radio and TV based in Pittsburgh, Pensylvania. After leaving this role, she became an anchor/reporter for WHDH-TV in Boston. In this role, she anchored weekend newscasts and report stories on other weekdays. She worked there until 1994 when she became a general assignment reporter for NBC.

Over the years, Rehema Ellis has covered several major topics including the attacks on the world trade center. She even was the first person to identify the attack on the air as “Nine-Eleven”. In addition, she reported on Hurricane Katrina, the death of Michael Jackson, as well as the Haiti earthquake. Among all her other coverages, the most notable ones are; The coverage of the plane crash in the Hudson River called “Miracle on the Hudson” in 2008 and the Presidential Election of Barack Obama.

Through her works, she has received numerous awards including Emmy awards, Edward R. Murrow Awards, Associated Press awards as well as awards from the National Association of Black Journalists. She also received an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Journalism.

Rehema Ellis Net worth

She has an estimated net worth of $3 million as of 2019. She gained this from the numerous works she has done in the journalism and media industry.

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