Kristen Welker has made historical past as the primary Black lady to be named host of NBC’s Meet the Press, the longest-running program in tv historical past. She is going to formally exchange Chuck Todd in September 2023.
Showing on At this time, Welker was congratulated for her new put up throughout Monday’s present.
“Chief White Home Correspondent, Saturday anchor of Weekend At this time and now we will announce: new moderator of Meet the Press,” stated At this time’s Savannah Guthrie who gave her a spherical of applause alongside along with her co-host Hoda Kotb.
“My At this time present household, you guys have been so supportive of me, all the time, and on this second I am so grateful,” Kristen stated. “That is actually the consideration of my life.
“‘Meet the Press is likely one of the most necessary political broadcasts in historical past,” she continued. “I simply really feel so grateful and humbled to all of those that constructed this wonderful legacy. I am fascinated by Martha Rountree, Tim Russert, and naturally, my mentor Chuck Todd, who taught me nearly the whole lot I find out about politics.”
Todd, who hosted the information program for 9 years, spoke glowingly about Welker noting that she’s been “prepared for this for a very long time.”
“I’ve had the privilege of working along with her from primarily her first day, and let me simply say she’s the precise particular person in the precise second,” he stated.
A veteran of stories journalism, Welker graduated from magna cum laude from Harvard School with a Bachelor of Arts in American historical past. After working as a neighborhood information reporter in Windfall, Rhode Island, Redding/Chico, California and Philadelphia, town of her beginning, she joined NBC Information in 2010 as a correspondent. In 2011, she grew to become a White Home correspondent for NBC.
Welker additionally was a fill-in host on NBC Nightly Information and At this time and in 2020, alongside Peter Alexander, she grew to become the common co-anchor of Weekend At this time on NBC.
In her distinguished profession as a reporter, Welker has lined three presidential elections and garnered popularity of moderating the ultimate debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
