Every Life a Story
eBook - ePub

Every Life a Story

Natalie Jacobson Reporting

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Every Life a Story

Natalie Jacobson Reporting

About this book

A look at the extraordinary career and personal life of Natalie Jacobson, from an immigrant childhood to becoming a pioneering female news anchor. Throughout her forty-year career in broadcast television, including thirty-five as a reporter and anchor on Channel 5 in Boston, Natalie Jacobson told the stories of countless lives. Now she tells her own. Every Life a Story takes readers behind the scenes of the extraordinary career of a woman who rose from an immigrant childhood in Chicago to become the first woman to anchor the evening news in Boston. Natalie was among the most trusted people of greater Boston. Her viewers thought of her as family. Natalie brings readers on an uplifting journey possible only in America. When faced with no girls need apply, she saw a challenge, not an obstacle. Her father had set an example of fortitude, educating himself and rising from cab driver to president of Gillette North America. Generations of viewers recall Natalie and her husband Chet Curtis as "Nat and Chet, " beloved co-anchors of NewsCenter5 on WCVB-TV Boston. referred to them as "the de facto first couple of Boston, very likely the city's best-known conveyors of news since Paul Revere." Their lives seemed an open book as trials of sickness, death, pregnancy, birth, parenting, working motherhood, and eventually divorce played out on a very public stage. Ultimately, this book offers a sharp contrast to today's divisive media landscape. Believing EVERY life is a story, Natalie feels, "This book is as much your story as it is mine. We reporters were there to give you information that was accurate, information to help you make informed decisions. We invited you to be part of it and you were. I used to hope when you tuned in to our newscast, you took a deep breath and relaxed, feeling you were among friends. You were home. I hope this book brings you the same comfort."

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Contents
  7. Hello
  8. Chapter 1: John Silber
  9. Chapter 2: Growing Up
  10. Chapter 3: UNH
  11. Chapter 4: Bangkok
  12. Chapter 5: Home Again
  13. Chapter 6: Television
  14. Chapter 7: Honoring the Promise
  15. Chapter 8: The Offer of a Lifetime
  16. Chapter 9: The Wars That Changed Us
  17. Chapter 10: Chet
  18. Chapter 11: Boston Celebrates
  19. Chapter 12: The Blizzard of ’78
  20. Chapter 13: Darker Days
  21. Chapter 14: Boston
  22. Chapter 15: Cooking
  23. Chapter 16: America Held Hostage
  24. Chapter 17: Lindsay Dawn
  25. Chapter 18: I Am Woman
  26. Chapter 19: NewsCenter 5
  27. Chapter 20: Nat and Chet/Chet and Nat
  28. Chapter 21: Michael Dukakis
  29. Chapter 22: The Respites
  30. Chapter 23: Tip O’Neill
  31. Chapter 24: The End of a Marriage
  32. Chapter 25: Going It Alone
  33. Chapter 26: The Church Sex Abuse Crisis
  34. Chapter 27: The Boston Red Sox, 2004
  35. Chapter 28: Goodbye
  36. Chapter 29: My Next Big Thing
  37. About the Author