PERSON: Erica Hill


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Erica Ruth Hill (born July 20, 1976) is an American journalist working for NBC News. She is co-host of the weekend edition of "Today," as well as a national correspondent for all NBC platforms. She made this switch after being at CBS since 2008.<br> <br> Hill began her journalism career in 1998 as a production assistant for "PC Week Radio," the online news program for PC Week magazine. During this time, she also worked as a conference coordinator for the Software Publishers Association Europe. She worked at TechTV from 2000 to 2003 as part of the "TechTV News" program, later named "TechLive." From 2000 to 2001, she served as reporter, and from 2001 to 2003, she was co-anchor and correspondent for the program. She is noted for her live reporting of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when she was working for "TechTV."<br> <br> Hill joined CNN's Headline News channel in January 2003, working as a general news anchor for different programs. In 2004, she joined CNN Newsource as a national correspondent. She co-anchored "Prime News Tonight" from 2005 to 2006 before becoming anchor of "Prime News" with Erica Hill from 2006 to 2008. She began providing news updates for "Anderson Cooper 360°" ("AC360°") in April 2005, and was named a full-time member in February 2008. Hill also co-anchored "CNN Tonight" during its November 2009 to January 2010 run.<br> <br> On September 22, 2008, Hill was named the new co-anchor of the Saturday edition of "The Early Show" on CBS after filling in on a temporary basis six weeks earlier. Her first show as the permanent anchor was on September 27, 2008. She continued to appear on "AC360°" for CNN until January 8, 2010, when it was announced on "AC360°" that she would be leaving CNN immediately to join CBS News.<br> <br> CBS announced on January 13, 2010, that Hill would be replacing Russ Mitchell on the weekday edition of "The Early Show" the following week, and on January 18, the "Early Show" cast officially welcomed Hill to the program. On June 29 and July 5, 2010, Hill anchored the "CBS Evening News" in Katie Couric's absence. With Maggie Rodriguez on maternity leave, Hill was also the primary female anchor on "The Early Show" in June 2010. Hill also anchored the "CBS Evening News" while Scott Pelley was in Afghanistan on October 4, 2011. On November 30, 2010, Erica Hill was named co-anchor of CBS' "The Early Show," effective Jan. 3, 2011. On November 15, 2011, CBS announced that Charlie Rose and Gayle King would join Hill as co-anchors of a new CBS News morning program, "CBS This Morning," launching January 9, 2012. On July 26, 2012, CBS announced that Hill would be replaced by Norah O'Donnell on CBS "This Morning" in late 2012. Hill served as a special correspondent for CBS News, from September 2012 to November 1, 2012, contributing to all CBS broadcasts although she never did appear on CBS in her new role.<br> <br> NBC announced on November 1, 2012, that starting November 3, 2012, Hill would join Weekend Today as co-anchor and would serve as an NBC News national correspondent. NBC News president Steve Capus said, "Erica's extraordinary track record as a journalist has proven that she can cover everything from hard news to pop culture with ease and professionalism. She's a fantastic addition to Weekend Today and I'm delighted to welcome her to NBC News."<br> <br> -- Wikipedia
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