Lester Holt Biography
Lester Holt is an American Journalist and News anchor. His full name is Lester Don Holt Jr. He was born on March 8, 1959. He is the anchor of the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC. Holt joined NBC Nightly News permanently on June 18, 2015, after they demoted Brian Williams. Is Lester Holt an African-American? Yes, and he was the first African-American to solo anchor a weekday network nightly newscast. Holt worked so hard to be ranked by the 2018 poll as the most trusted Tv news anchor in America. Perhaps he was the first presidential debate moderator in 2016.
Leading to praise by The Washington Post for fact-checking statements. His tremendous achievement is indisputable, however, after 30 years of Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams at NBC Nightly News, the joining of Holt as an anchor so the program to drop to position two from the top number on the ranking.
Lester Holt Education
He joined Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova and graduated in 1977. Later Holt joined California state university, Sacramento, However, he never graduated.
Career|NBC|Wikipedia
WCBS-TV hired him in 1981 to work as a reporter in New York City. He left for KNXT in 1982 as a reporter and a weekend anchor in Los Angeles before returning. Later, worked for WBBM-TV in Chicago for 14 years anchoring the evening news. In 2000, he joined MSNBC assuming full-time duties at NBC News. He was the moderator of the January 2016 Democratic presidential debate.
Awards and Honors
In 1990, they awarded him the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
He also got a Doctorate from Pepperdine University in 2012
I received an honorary doctorate from California State University, Sacramento, in 2015.
Likely, he was inducted into the California Hall of fame in October 2015. Equally won 2016, Alan B. DuMont Broadcast of the year from Montclair State University. Subsequently, he was awarded NABJ Journalist of the year by the National Association of Black Journalists. I also got Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in journalism in 2019. Finally, In 2020, Holt was Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Rutgers University.
Wife|Family
Holt’s wife is Carol Hagen, and they have two sons, Stefan and Cameron.
Where does Lester Holt live? The family lives in Manhattan. His son Stefan is a news anchor at WNBC, he succeeded Veteran Chuck Scarborough. He is a Christian and attends the Manhattan church of christ in New York.
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Net Worth
Holt is an American news journalist and news anchor. His Net worth is $35 million, while his annual salary per annum is $ 10 million
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