Liz McCormick
Eastern Panhandle/Education Reporter/ProducerElizabeth (Liz) McCormick grew up in Charleston, West Virginia and was raised by her grandmother. She graduated from Capital High School in 2010 and graduated from Shepherd University in 2014 where she received a B.A. in Communications and New Media with a concentration in Digital Filmmaking and a minor in Theater.
Liz began working for West Virginia Public Broadcasting as an intern in the main office in Charleston in the summer of 2014. She was later hired as a freelance reporter in July of that year, and then hired full-time in Dec. 2014 as the Eastern Panhandle reporter/producer. In Aug. 2020, Liz added education coverage to her newsroom responsibilities. She is based in Shepherdstown on Shepherd University's campus. (Fun fact: The WVPB Eastern Panhandle office was established in 1992 and is the oldest WVPB news bureau!)
You can hear stories by Liz on West Virginia Morning and Inside Appalachia. You'll also hear her during morning and afternoon local newscasts. Liz covered the West Virginia House of Delegates for three seasons (2015-2017) of WVPB's television program, The Legislature Today. Since 2018, Liz has been a production assistant on the show.
Liz has won awards in various categories of the Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters Association. In 2016, she won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Use of Sound for her story "A Civil War Christmas." In 2018, Liz was a recipient of Shepherd University's inaugural Finest Under 40 Alumni award.
Liz is a lover of music and theater. She has performed in community theater productions since she was eight-years-old, and studied voice for 14 years. Liz attended Interlochen: Center for the Arts summer camp in Michigan to study musical theater in 2004 and film production in 2009. In 2007, Liz was the West Virginia state champion of the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest and one of the 12 national finalists that year in Washington, D.C. During her college years, Liz was involved in choir ensembles and theatrical productions in Shepherd University's Music Department. She studied abroad in Pau, France in the summer of 2012, and she completed an internship with the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. Liz is also a video game enthusiast who loves Nintendo and Pokémon.
You can connect with Liz via email at emccormick@wvpublic.org or on Twitter @LizMcCormickWV
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Upshur and Berkeley counties are getting some new, cleaner school buses. The Upshur County Board of Education will be awarded $160,000 to receive eight new school buses, and Berkeley County Schools will see $20,000 to replace one bus. -
The National Arbor Day Foundation has recognized West Virginia State University for the eighth consecutive year for its commitment to planting and caring for trees on its campus.
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A bill to restrict transgender girls and women from playing female sports is on its way to Gov. Jim Justice. The West Virginia House of Delegates voted to accept the Senate’s version of HB 3293 on Friday evening.
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Education has been a top issue for lawmakers in this year's West Virginia legislative session as learning was upended significantly amid the coronavirus pandemic. Among those priority bills in the 60-day session included measures advancing school choice in K-12 education and establishing the Jumpstart Savings Program in higher education.
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Updated on April 9, 2021 at 10:45 a.m. A bill to restrict transgender students' access to women's sports in middle, high school and college has passed out of the West Virginia Senate. The bill passed 18-15 and now heads back to the House for consideration.
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A bill restricting transgender student athletes has cleared the Senate Education Committee -- but not without some big changes from the House’s version.
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The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill that requires county school boards and county superintendents to comply with instructions given by the state Board of Education.
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A bill aimed at ensuring high school students fill out the FAFSA prior to graduation has died in the West Virginia House of Delegates.
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The West Virginia House of Delegates advanced HB 3293 on Thursday, which requires that a middle or high school student’s birth certificate be the determining factor of a student’s gender when it comes to playing secondary sports like basketball or track.
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A bill to help K-12 students in West Virginia catch up on schoolwork following the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is moving through the West Virginia House of Delegates. The House Education Committee advanced HB 3217, or the Student Rescue Act, Tuesday evening.
