Rehema Ellis is an American television journalist, who worked for NBC News from 1994 through 2025. A correspondent who was based in New York City, she was also the lead education correspondent for NBC News. On December 11, 2025, NBC News broadcast a tribute to Ellis as she was leaving her job.

Early life and education

Ellis was born in 1952 in North Carolina to Cattie Jame McLaughlin-Ellis and John Ellis. She was raised in Boston, Massachusetts.[citation needed]

Ellis graduated from both Simmons College, located in Boston; and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, located in New York City.

Awards and honors

Ellis has won numerous Emmy Awards, Associated Press awards, Edward R. Murrow Awards, and the National Association of Black Journalists awards.[citation needed]

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