Anchor Rahel Solomon says goodbye to NCS ‘Early Start’
NCS anchor Rahel Solomon introduced her exit from the network’s weekday early-morning information program. Her final day on air is March 27.
Longtime NCS correspondent Stephanie Elam is leaving the network after 20 years of overlaying information for the published large.
Elam, 52, formally introduced her departure in an April 18 statement shared by Variety.
“For more than 20 years I’ve been in the NCS orbit developing and delivering news stories on everything from the environment and entertainment to business and breaking news of all kinds,” she mentioned. “I’m so proud of my NCS career. Live or taped, writing packages or doing a show-and-tell, I’ve done it all — and having a front row seat to document history has been a gift.”
She didn’t share any additional details about her future plans.
Stephanie Elam’s time with NCS
Elam started her profession with NCS as a contract anchor/reporter out of New York City in 2005, in keeping with her public LinkedIn page, earlier than changing into a enterprise correspondent in 2007. She briefly left the network from 2011 to 2012 to work at KNBC, an NBC station based mostly in Los Angeles, earlier than returning to NCS in March 2013, nonetheless based mostly in LA.
During her time at NCS, Elam lined an enormous vary of subjects, in keeping with her LinkedIn, from COVID-19, market crashes, tornadoes and volcanic eruptions to the Emmys, purple carpet interviews and the deaths and lives of celebrities like Michael Jackson and Prince.
Colleagues and NCS communicate on Stephanie Elam’s departure
In an Instagram post from April 18, co-host and buddy Sara Sidner spoke extremely of Elam in a clip, saying, “thank you for being my friend, for helping me through cancer and being a sister, really…NCS brought us together, but ain’t nothing gonna tear us apart. Thank you for all your hard work.”
“You’re not getting rid of me, I love you,” Elam responded. “I love you guys…everyone there, I love you guys, and it’s been a joy working with you all.”
Another NCS colleague, Oscar Jimenez, commented on the put up saying, “We’re losing a real one! Loved this moment on air. 🙏🏾”
In an announcement shared with Variety, NCS mentioned it was “grateful for her many contributions.”
“Stephanie brought clarity, credibility, and heart to every story she touched over her two decades at NCS,” the network instructed Variety. “Her versatility and natural ability to connect with audiences made her a trusted voice and a valued colleague.”
Where Stephanie Elam bought her begin
Elam’s profession started at Dow Jones Newswires in 1995, the place she served as a duplicate editor earlier than shifting to BridgeNews and reporting on company funds for PBS’s “Nightly Business Report,” in keeping with her LinkedIn.
She went on to anchor reveals “Market on the Close” and “First Business” for Webfn, reporting on the inventory market and enterprise, ultimately shifting to Black Enterprise Magazine to co-anchor the “Black Enterprise Report,” a nationally syndicated present about enterprise, profession and monetary training.
She graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor’s in broadcast journalism, her LinkedIn additionally reveals.
Stephanie Elam’s departure comes after one other NCS persona’s exit
Elam is the second NCS persona to depart the network in latest months. “Early Start” host Rahel Solomon announced her exit on-air in March, saying merely, “I have decided that this will be my last week at NCS. More to come on what’s next for me…But I’m really excited about this next chapter.”