Hallie Jackson
| Hallie Jackson | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Hallie Marie Jackson[1] April 29, 1984 Yardley, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Education | B.A., Johns Hopkins University, political science |
| Occupation | Correspondent |
| Employer | NBC News |
| Television |
NBC Nightly News |
| Spouse(s) | Doug Hitchner (m. 2011) |
| Honours | Phi Beta Kappa |
Hallie Marie Jackson (born April 29, 1984) is a correspondent for NBC News and an anchor for its cable division, MSNBC. She has worked in Salisbury, Maryland; Dover, Delaware; Hartford, Connecticut; New Haven, Connecticut; and Baltimore, Maryland before joining NBC News in 2014.
Private life and education
Jackson was born on April 29,[2] 1984,[3] in Yardley, Pennsylvania, where she grew up and graduated in 2002 at Pennsbury High School.[4] In 2006, Jackson graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. degree in political science.[5] Jackson became engaged to her college boyfriend Doug Hitchner in May 2010, and the couple was subsequently married in the fall of 2011 in a formal ceremony in Perkasie, Pennsylvania in Bucks County. [6][7]
Career
She started her journalism career at WBOC-TV in the towns of Salisbury, Maryland and Dover, Delaware, in 2006, until her departure for WFSB in the cities of Hartford, Connecticut and New Haven, Connecticut during 2008.[8] Her career led her to Hearst Corporation in 2012, where she reported for their 26 stations from Washington, D.C.. Jackson became an NBC News reporter and journalist in 2014,[5] where she covered the Ted Cruz presidential campaign for the network as their embedded reporter. In late summer 2016 Jackson began anchoring the 1 P.M. ET edition of MSNBC Live, NBC News' daytime coverage platform.
References
- ↑ "Phi Beta Kappa to Induct New Members". The JHU Gazette. May 1, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) (April 29, 2014). "Thanks for all the birthday wishes! Out contemplating the unending passage of time with some Paleozoic-era rocks. :)". Twitter. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ↑ Intelius. "Hallie Jackson in Pennsylvania". Intelius. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ↑ "msnbc-broadcasts-from-washington-crossing-park". Newton PA. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- 1 2 Knox, Merrill (July 15, 2014). "Hallie Jackson Joins NBC News". Adweek. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Engaged in 2010, Why Has Hallie Jackson Kept Her Married Life a Secret? Husband? Plus, Her Career Portfolio". LIVERAMPUP. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
- ↑ "Engaged in 2010 and married a year later, NBC's Hallie Jackson and her husband Doug a happy family". FrostSnow. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
- ↑ Knox, Merrill (April 26, 2012). "WFSB Anchor Hallie Jackson Joining Hearst's Washington Bureau". Adweek. Retrieved April 5, 2016.