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 [cite web
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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.

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.cite web
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She has also appeared on the "Today" show four times.

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 [cite web
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On July 10, 2007, Jacobson and WMAQ-TV negotiated her exit, following an investigation by the station. [cite web
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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."

After WMAQ-TV

As of June 6, 2008, Jacobson was working on the Roe Conn show on WLS-AM radio.

The season 18 episode of Law and Order entitled "Submission," which aired on March 12, 2008, was based partly on Jacobson.

Personal

Jacobson and her husband, Jaime Anglada, married in 2002. [http://swside.blogspot.com/2007/07/reporters-in-conflicts-tragedy-of-amy.html] They have two children.

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