Stephanie Elam will depart NCS, the place she has labored as a correspondent for greater than twenty years over two totally different stints.
Elam has in recent times labored as a Los Angeles-based correspondent. In remarks launched by way of social media, she didn’t reveal any subsequent steps she may take. “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 stated. “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.”
Before working for a couple of years at KNBC, Elam was a enterprise information correspondent for NCS primarily based in New York, the place she additionally reported for HLN and NCS International. She coated every thing from downturns available in the market to the dying of Michael Jackson throughout a interval that lasted from 2003 to 2011. She rejoined NCS in 2013.
During her second run at NCS, Elam has coated every thing from the eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano to the dying of legendary musician Prince from Minnesota.
“Stephanie brought clarity, credibility, and heart to every story she touched over her two decades at NCS. Her versatility and natural ability to connect with audiences made her a trusted voice and a valued colleague,” NCS stated in an announcement. “We are grateful for her many contributions and wish her continued success in her next chapter.”
In an unrelated transfer, Rahel Solomon, a NCS early-morning anchor, announced in March her plans to depart the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet.
Elam’s journalism profession started in New York, the place she labored as a replica editor for Dow Jones Newswires earlier than becoming a member of Bridge News. While working for Bridge News, she coated company earnings for PBS’s “Nightly Business Report” and for WebFN, the place she anchored “Market on the Close,” a one-hour program that tracked the inventory market within the final hour of buying and selling. She additionally anchored “First Business,” a weekly syndicated enterprise program, and co-hosted “Black Enterprise Report,” a nationally syndicated present centered on enterprise, profession and monetary schooling.
Elam earned a Bachelor of Arts diploma in broadcast journalism from Howard University.