Ellerbee. (AP Photo)
Linda Ellerbee, the decorated former network news correspondent who brought word of current events to children across the United States, is retiring, The Associated Press reports.
“It’s really nice to be one of the few who walks away from television news on their own time and of their own choice and I’m really lucky in that,” she told The Associated Press. “That really didn’t happen for so many of my contemporaries, didn’t happen because of age or cutbacks in news. … I go smiling.”
Ellerbee, a veteran NBC News reporter who co-hosted the short-lived program “NBC News Overnight,” gained a new following in 1992 when she became the face of “Nick News,” a long-running program known for employing a forthright tone to explain sometimes uncomfortable topics to children. On the show, Ellerbee has tackled stories including climate change, 9/11 and AIDS.
