Elizabeth MacFarland joined NBC25 as a co-anchor and producer of NBC25 Today, which can be seen weekday mornings from 5 to 7 a.m. She joined the team at NBC25 as a general assignment reporter in February 2008.
Elizabeth was born and raised in mid-Michigan. She grew up in Davison and graduated from Central Michigan University in 2005. She holds degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Interpersonal and Public Communications.
Elizabeth’s broadcast career began in the frigid north, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. She worked as a reporter/producer for two years at NBC affiliate WLUC-TV6 in Marquette.
Prior to TV6, Elizabeth took on internships at WIFR in Rockford, Ill., and WJRT in Flint.
When not at work, Elizabeth is spending time with her two-year-old daughter, Madelyn and her husband, Bill. She also enjoys spending time with family and friends, exercising, reading, taking pictures, traveling when she can and keeping in touch with friends.
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FUN FACTS FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH LIZ
Favorite Movie? Good Will Hunting is one of my favorites.
If you were stranded on an island – what’s the one thing you’d want with you? I would bring a book titled, "How to survive alone on an Island."
Person you most want to have dinner with? My family, more than twice a week.
Favorite story you’ve covered? Stories that open up my eyes and heart the most are ones surrounding children and family. I can recall the story of a little girl under the age of 10, who played a huge role in taking care of her little brother with severe brain damage after surviving SIDS as a baby. The amount of love and compassion she had for her brother I will never forget. Or the story about a single mother of three battling terminal breast cancer. She was a fighter – but cancer took her life not too long ago. I will never forget sitting and talking with her and her three school-age children. As a mother, that story was very hard for me to cover, but one I felt honored to do, and one I will never forget. I believe a true journalist is one who takes time to get to know the people their interview… it’s really what I love most about my job.
Interesting talent you posses? I sing, just ask my co-workers.
Place you’d most like to visit? Ireland, to learn more about Irish heritage.
Charity or non-profit organization you volunteer for? American Heart Association – heart disease runs in my family and my grandpa was a victim to it.
Way you like your coffee? Cold with ice
Number one thing on your “bucket” list? Visit Ireland
Favorite Michigan spot to visit / vacation – Upper Peninsula!! God’s country.
