Lisa Myers

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Lisa Myers
Born Joplin, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Missouri
GenreNon-fiction

Lisa Myers (born Joplin, Missouri) is an American journalist. She was the senior investigative correspondent for NBC Nightly News . [1]

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A 1973 graduate of the University of Missouri's Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri, [2] she joined NBC in 1981. From 1979 to 1981, Myers was White House correspondent for The Washington Star . From 1977 to 1979, she was a Washington correspondent for the Chicago Sun-Times . [3] She retired from NBC News after 33 years in early 2014. [4]

She lives in Washington, D.C.

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References

  1. NBC News
  2. "Missouri School of Journalism: Profiles in Success: Lisa Myers '73". Archived from the original on 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  3. "Home".
  4. Ember, Sydney (13 April 2014). "Investigative Reporter Leaves NBC News". The New York Times.
  5. "2007 Gerald Loeb Award Winners Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management". Business Wire . June 25, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2019.