Elizabeth Nissen, a veteran ABC News correspondent, died Jan. 7 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, three days after her birthday. He was 71 years previous.
Nissen’s demise was first reported and confirmed by ABC Newsthough the reason for demise was not revealed.
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Over the course of his lengthy and revered profession in broadcast journalism as a information, battle, sports activities, science and humanities correspondent, Nissen labored for CNN and the general public tv community WGBH. He has additionally labored in print media with the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek.
When he labored at ABC, a few of his major protection was on “Nightline” and “World News Tonight.” In explicit, she is remembered for her “World News Tonight” protection of the night Princess Diana died in 1997.
Nissen was additionally a co-founder and senior producer of NBC Learnwhich supplies academic video sources for college students and lecturers.
Nissen’s we read in the obituary that as a “lifelong reader, scholar, and trainer, Beth was obsessed with speaking data in a relatable means. He ready his college students to assume critically and helped lecturers enhance strategies and strategies for more practical instructing.”
Her obituary remembered her for “her wit, her data, her compassion, and her nurturing of friendships by intensive private correspondence.” The obituary additionally described her as a caregiver who was an lively member of her native Rotary Club and “The Adelphies” group on the First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor.
Nissen leaves behind 5 siblings and was the aunt of 9 nieces and nephews. No commemoration is at the moment deliberate, per Nissen’s request.
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