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14 Facts About Stephanie Elam

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Stephanie Elam was born on January 23,1974 and is an African-American television journalist.

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Stephanie Elam grew up in Saratoga, California and attended Saratoga High School.

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Stephanie Elam began her career in New York as a copy editor for Dow Jones Newswires.

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Stephanie Elam was an anchor of First Business, a nationally syndicated, weekday morning financial news program and Market on the Close, a live show on WebFN which focused on the stock market in the last hour of trading.

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Stephanie Elam reported regularly on WebFN, a streaming financial news site.

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At WebFN, Stephanie Elam became the site's only full-time reporter in New York.

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Stephanie Elam was based in New York City as a CNN business news correspondent until she moved to California with her husband.

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Stephanie Elam joined CNN's Money Team in 2003, and filed reports especially during the financial era of the subprime crisis in 2008 and the imminent failure of many big corporations.

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Stephanie Elam co-hosted "Black Enterprise Report," a nationally syndicated program from January 2005 to March 2007.

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Stephanie Elam has reported from the scene of significant events such as Pope Benedict XVI visit to New York City and she covered Captain Richard Phillips' family in Vermont when he was taken hostage off the coast of Somalia.

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In 2005, Stephanie Elam commenced work as the co-host of Black Enterprise Report, a nationally syndicated program focused on business, career and financial education until 2007.

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Stephanie Elam worked at NBC4 Los Angeles as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter in August 2011 till November 2012.

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Stephanie Elam is currently an anchor reporter for NBC Los Angeles, as well as being a correspondent for CNN's Los Angeles bureau.

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Stephanie Elam is married to Jeff Rush and the couple have one daughter.