Savannah Guthrie

Savannah Guthrie

Savannah Clark Guthrie is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today. Guthrie joined NBC News in September 2007 as a legal analyst and correspondent. On November 29, 2017, Guthrie succeeded Matt Lauer as host of NBC Nightly News.

About Savannah Guthrie in brief

Summary Savannah GuthrieSavannah Clark Guthrie is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today, a position she has held since July 2012. Guthrie joined NBC News in September 2007 as a legal analyst and correspondent, regularly reporting on trials throughout the country. She served as a White House correspondent between 2008 and 2011 and as co-host of the MSNBC program The Daily Rundown in 2010 and 2011. On November 29, 2017, Guthrie succeeded Matt Lauer as host of NBC Nightly News. On October 14, 2020, she served as moderator for the town hall scheduled by President Trump after he caught COVID-19 and refused to participate in a virtual presidential debate that was postponed for safety reasons.

In 2011, she conducted an interview with Donald Trump in which he discussed his role in the Barack Obama \”birther\” controversy. Later that year, she interviewed Conrad Murray after he was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. Since 2012, she has hosted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting on NBC. She was included in Time’s list of 100 most influential people of 2013. She has a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center, where she graduated magna cum laude in 2002.