During her tenure at WCVB , Jacobson covered the Boston Pops Orchestra 's annual Fourth of July concert , Elizabeth II , Nelson Mandela , and Pope John Paul II 's visits to Boston , the Blizzard of ' 78 , the presidential campaigns of Massachusetts ' Michael Dukakis and John Kerry , the September 11 attacks , and the Boston Red Sox 2004 World Series victory . Her 1990 interview with Democratic gubernatorial nominee John Silber became notable after Silber 's outburst when Jacobson asked him to describe his weaknesses . Silber 's lead in the polls vanished after the interview and he lost the race to William Weld . On December 14 , 1999 , Jacobson and Curtis announced that they were divorcing . WCVB split up the Curtis/Jacobson pairing in July 2000 . Curtis was moved to Sunday 's 11 p.m. newscast and street reporting and soon departed WCVB for NECN . Jacobson scaled back her work . She anchored the 6 p.m. newscasts solo until March 2007 , when she was joined by Ed Harding . Curtis and Jacobson 's divorce was finalized in 2001
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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