Remembering NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Brackett
Elizabeth Brackett, an award-winning special correspondent for the NewsHour for more than 25 years, has died at the age of 76. Across her 40 years in ...
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: remembering the work and life of a longtime correspondent for "NewsHour." ELIZABETH BRACKETT, Journalist: And the question people are now asking is, what will the long-term impact on their community be? JUDY WOODRUFF: Elizabeth Brackett once said she wouldn't take no for an answer. And it was a trait that came to define much of her 40-year career in journalism, including more than 25 years as a special correspondent based in the Midwest for the "NewsHour." ELIZABETH BRACKETT: These three acres of corn are all that Boyer (ph) has left of the 800 acres he planted this year. He's completely wiped out. JUDY WOODRUFF: Whether she was covering the impact of devastating floods in Iowa, the space shuttle Challenger disaster, or families fleein...
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: remembering the work and life of a longtime correspondent for "NewsHour." ELIZABETH BRACKETT, Journalist: And the question people are now asking is, what will the long-term impact on their community be? JUDY WOODRUFF: Elizabeth Brackett once said she wouldn't take no for an answer. And it was a trait that came to define much of her 40-year career in journalism, including more than 25 years as a special correspondent based in the Midwest for the "NewsHour." ELIZABETH BRACKETT: These three acres of corn are all that Boyer (ph) has left of the 800 acres he planted this year. He's completely wiped out. JUDY WOODRUFF: Whether she was covering the impact of devastating floods in Iowa, the space shuttle Challenger disaster, or families fleein...
