Ellis also served as a political reporter at WHDH covering the 1988 presidential campaign. Prior to that, she was a general assignment reporter from 1985 to 1988. She has received several awards for reporting include an Emmy and a Matrix, and has received awards from the Associated Press and the National Association of Black Journalists. She has also been recognized as one of Boston's Outstanding Black Achievers. Ellis received her bachelor's degree from Simmons College in Boston and her master's degree in Journalism from Columbia Graduate School in New York.
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