Jackson started her journalism career at WBOC-TV, in Salisbury, Maryland and Dover, Delaware in 2006 until her departure for WFSB, in Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, during 2008.[6] Her career led to Hearst Corporation in 2012, where she reported for their 26 stations from Washington, D.C. In 2014, Jackson became a reporter and journalist for NBC News,[5] for which she covered the Ted Cruz presidential campaign for the network as their embedded reporter. In summer 2016, Jackson began anchoring the 1 p.m. ET edition of MSNBC Live, NBC News' daytime coverage platform. In January 2017, NBC named Jackson as its chief White House correspondent, while also stating that she would transition time slots and anchor MSNBC's 10:00 a.m. hour.[7] On September 20, 2021, Jackson moved to the 3 p.m. hour of MSNBC Live. On November 17, 2021, Jackson began hosting Hallie Jackson NOW on NBC News' streaming channel, NBC News NOW, which streams Mondays through Fridays at 5 p.m. ET.[8] Her streaming show expanded to two hours in March 2023.
Jackson and her partner Frank Thorp, a producer and off-air reporter for NBC News, announced the birth of their first child, a daughter, on March 9, 2020.[11]
^"Hallie Jackson Douglas Hitchner". Doylestown Intelligencer. April 17, 2011. David and Heidi Jackson of Fallsington are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Hallie Jackson to Douglas Hitchner, son of Elam and Mary Kay Hitchner of Haverford. Hallie is a 2002 graduate of PHS and obtained her Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University. She currently works as a news anchor and reporter for station WFSB in Hartford.