Elizabeth E Brackett was an American journalist and political figure and writer.
16 Facts About Elizabeth Brackett
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Elizabeth Brackett was known for hosting WTTW's Chicago Tonight program, and worked as a correspondent for PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
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Elizabeth Brackett attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, and earned an undergraduate degree from Indiana University Bloomington.
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Elizabeth Brackett held a master's degree in social work from Our Lady of the Lake College.
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Elizabeth Brackett worked for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as a social worker and as a community organizer in Uptown.
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In 1972, Elizabeth Brackett was a delegate to the Democratic presidential convention in Miami, along with Jesse Jackson and William Singer.
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In 1977, Elizabeth Brackett took a job as a researcher on the assignment desk of WBBM-TV in Chicago.
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Elizabeth Brackett later became a reporter at WLS-TV in Chicago.
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Elizabeth Brackett then joined the forerunner to PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, based from Chicago, in 1984.
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Elizabeth Brackett won a national Emmy award in 1987 for her reporting on the US farm crisis.
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Elizabeth Brackett has won three Midwest Emmy awards and two Peter Lisagor awards as well.
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In 1991, Elizabeth Brackett began appearing occasionally on WTTW's Chicago Tonight public-affairs program.
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Elizabeth Brackett lived in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.
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Elizabeth Brackett has two sisters Ellen Everett Rieger and Jill Everett Swisher.
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Elizabeth Brackett was a World Champion Triathlete; she took the title in 2009 held in Sydney.
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Elizabeth Brackett was injured in an apparent accident while biking on the Chicago Lakefront Trail on June 13,2018.