Worlds are colliding for NBC News’ Hallie Jackson.
The Washington-based anchor and correspondent on most weekdays can be seen leading a two-hour program, “Hallie Jackson Now,” that live streams on the NBC News Now service. And on Sundays, she is behind the desk for “NBC Nightly News.”
Starting Monday, however, there is going to be a little crossover.
On June 1, San Francisco’s KNTV, an NBC-owned station, will start running an hour of Jackson’s live-streamed program each weekday between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. PT. It’s no coincidence that the program debuts the day before California’s primary election on Tuesday.
“We are going to serve our audience, no matter where they live and wherever they are across the country,” says Jackson, during a recent interview. “We see this as really additive.” KNTV viewers have the station’s local-news reporting to inform them of news in their immediate area, she says, and her program will help keep them up to date on what’s happening around the U.S. and in politics — a specialty of hers, since she is also NBC News’ senior Washington correspondent.
