Amy Jacobson
Amy Jacobson (born November 1969) is a Chicago broadcaster who was a general assignment reporter for WMAQ-TV, the NBC television affiliate in Chicago, from 1996[1] to 2007, when she lost her job as part of a scandal involving a rival Chicago TV station's news cameras capturing footage of Jacobson clad in a bikini with her children at the home of the husband of a missing woman.
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[edit] Early life and education
A native of Mt. Prospect, Illinois, Jacobson graduated from John Hersey High School in 1987 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in broadcasting and film in 1991. She was the Sigma Chi sweetheart in 1989.[2]
[edit] Professional career
Prior to joining WMAQ-TV, Jacobson worked at WJBK-TV in Detroit, KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, KOLD-TV in Tucson, Arizona, and, starting in 1992, KSAX-TV in Alexandria, Minnesota. She started out with an internship at KGAN-TV based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[2]
She has also appeared on the Today show four times. [2]
[edit] Stebic controversy
On July 6, 2007, a videotape of Jacobson (was on YouTube, but later removed), clad in a bikini, and her children at the home of Craig Stebic, husband of Lisa Stebic, a missing woman, was made public[3] by WBBM-TV, the local CBS affiliate. Jacobson had been covering the story of Lisa Stebic's unexplained disappearance.
On July 10, 2007, Jacobson and WMAQ-TV negotiated her exit, following an investigation by the station.[4]
On Monday, July 7, 2008, the Chicago Sun-Times reported "On Monday, Jacobson filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against CBS-owned WBBM-TV-Channel 2 for airing the tape of her at the home of Craig Stebic, the southwest suburban Plainfield man whose estranged wife, Lisa, has been missing since April 2007."
[edit] After WMAQ-TV
Jacobson made frequent guest appearances on "Livin' Large with Geoff Pinkus" on WIND (AM) and worked as a traffic and news reporter for WLS (AM) from 2008 to 2010, beginning on the Roe Conn Show, and then moving to The Mancow and Cassidy show. She became co-host with Big John Howell on WIND (AM) on March 24, 2010.
The season 18 episode of Law & Order entitled "Submission," which aired on March 12, 2008, creatively borrowed from events pertaining to the Jacobson story.
[edit] Personal
Jacobson and her husband, Jaime Anglada, married in 2002.[5] They have two children. Her husband filed for divorce in November 2008, following the lawsuit filed against WBBM-TV.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Rosenthal, Phil (2007-07-10). "Reporter's pool visit results in departure". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-070709jacobsonjul09,1,6178857.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ a b c "Cached version of Jacobson's bio on the WMAQ Web site". WMAQ. Archived from the original on 2007-02-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070228153620/http://www.nbc5.com/meetthenewsteam/1189091/detail.html. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
- ^ Guillen, Alita (2007-07-10). "Reporter Leaves NBC 5 Over Actions In Stebic Story - WMAQ-TV's Amy Jacobson Seen At Stebic's Home With Family". (CBS) Chicago. Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20070711005918/http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_191075534.html. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ Rosenthal, Phil (2007-07-11). "Reporter's pool visit results in departure" (PDF). Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-070709jacobsonjul09,0,3666517.story. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ http://swside.blogspot.com/2007/07/reporters-in-conflicts-tragedy-of-amy.html
- ^ Hahn, Lucinda (December 2008). "Tale of the Tape". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2008/Tale-of-the-Tape/. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
