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