Elizabeth Nissen, Veteran ABC News Correspondent, Dies at 71
variety.comMatt Minton mminton@variety.com Elizabeth Nissen, a veteran ABC News correspondent, died Jan. 7 in Ann Arbor, Mich., three days after her birthday.
She was 71. Nissen’s death was first reported and confirmed by ABC News, although the cause of death was not revealed. Throughout her long and respected career in broadcast journalism as a correspondent covering news, war, sports, science and art, Nissen worked for CNN and the public television network WGBH.
She also worked in print media with The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. When working at ABC, some of her top coverage was on “Nightline” and “World News Tonight.” Notably, she is remembered for her “World News Tonight” coverage of the evening that Princess Diana died in 1997.
Nissen was also a co-founder and senior producer of NBC Learn, which provides educational video resources for students and teachers.
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