Elida Witthoeft:
CLASS OF 1975
Arlington High SchoolClass of 1975
Arlington heights, IL
Medill Graduate School of JournalismClass of 1980
Evanston, IL
Miner Junior High SchoolClass of 1971
Arlington heights, IL
Thomas Junior High SchoolClass of 1971
Arlington heights, IL
Ridge Elementary SchoolClass of 1968
Arlington heights, IL
Elida's Story
Life
Everybody in high school knew I wanted to be a journalist and 44 years later I'm still at it, though I switched from news to sports in 1989 and from newspapers to TV in 1998, when I came to ESPN. Moving around a lot in my career has made me appreciate what a "normal" childhood I had in Arlington Heights and how much I miss the Midwest!
School
I had a great time in high school and can hardly believe the school no longer exists. One of the great ironies of life is that I helped cover the closing of Arlington as an education reporter for the Daily Herald. That was a tough assignment.
Workplace
I currently work as a lead coordinating editor on ESPN's universal news desk. We gather and vet the news present...Expand for more
ed on all of ESPN's platforms including television, digital and radio. I previously worked as senior coordinating producer in charge of the ESPNEWS network; news editor/nights for ESPN; coordinating producer of SportsCenter (for which I've won two Emmys); the monthly "Outside the Lines" and executive editor at ESPN.com. I jumped from newspaper work in 1998 to join ESPN as a news editor. I loved working for newspapers -- I was at the Daily Herald, the Milwaukee Journal, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Chicago Tribune, but working for ESPN is pretty cool, too.
After living all over the upper Midwest, I've lived in Connecticut for 21 years. I hope to retire soon and escape the winters, moving to Arizona.
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