Linda Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbeeis an American journalist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington, D.C. correspondent, and also as host of the Nickelodeon network's Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. Her 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."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth15 August 1944
CityBryan, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Putting people in a room and strapping wires to their wrist to find out if I make them tingle when I'm telling them about Beirut is a long way from Edward R. Murrow.
We tried to do the news without frills, without fluffy hairdos, without graphics. It does say something about our business that is not very pretty. It didn't matter how good the show was. What counted was money.
There is a gentle absurdity about Washington, D.C., and it is easy to develop affection for the place, if you can forget that the consequences of what goes on there are real, whereas what goes on there may not be.
I was raised by and have raised people who regard telling one story when two would do as a sign someone is not really trying.
The whole town looks as if it had been left out in the rain too long and by mistake.
It's not brain surgery. It's not nuclear physics. It's television. It's only television.
I think laughter may be a form of courage.
Change, like youth, is purely wasted on the young.
Some of my colleagues want to be The Anchorman on the Mount. Others see themselves as the Ace Reporter. Because of 60 Minutes, there's a whole herd of them determined to be The Grand Inquisitor and a heady number want only to be The Friendliest Anchor on the Block. At least one wants to be Jesus.
Only dead fish swim with the stream all of the time....
It's not just the cheerleading thing I have a problem with, it's the whole jock enchilada. I'm all for a good game of basketball in teh driveway or a killer bike ride. But when there's tackling and grunting involved-- no thanks.
Always remember to set a place at the table of life for the unexpected guest.
There are two types of change: the change we choose and the change that chooses us.
I believe in tomorrow and I will be part of it.