Chuck Todd | |
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 Chuck Todd in 2006 | |
| Born | Charles David Todd April 8, 1972 Miami, Florida, USA |
| Education | George Washington University |
| Occupation(s) | NBC News Chief White House Correspondent NBC News Political Director Contributing Editor to Meet the Press, Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University |
| Spouse | Kristian Denny Todd |
| Children | Daughter: Margaret Todd, Son: Harrison Todd |
| Website | http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17814579/ |
Charles David “Chuck” Todd (born April 8, 1972)[1][2][3], an American journalist, is the political director and chief White House correspondent for NBC News, and contributing editor to Meet the Press.[4][5] He is an occasional contributor to other news outlets, including the Atlantic Monthly.
Career
editEditor in Chief of The Hotline
editFrom 1992 until March 12, 2007, Todd worked for National Journal's The Hotline, where he was editor-in-chief for six years.[6] As part of his position, Todd also co-hosted, with John Mercurio, the webcast series Hotline TV, consisting of a daily show lasting between three and seven minutes and a weekly show ranging between 20 and 30 minutes. He became a frequent guest on political discussion shows, such as Hardball with Chris Matthews and Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff.
As NBC News Political Director
editTim Russert brought Todd to NBC from The Hotline in March 2007.[6] He became NBC News’ political director at that time. After Russert's death, Todd was a candidate to replace him as the host of NBC's Meet the Press,[7] but David Gregory was ultimately selected for the job.
As NBC News Political Director, Todd often provides on-air political analysis on political discussion shows, including Morning Joe, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Countdown with Keith Olbermann and The Rachel Maddow Show[6] and blogs for MSNBC.com at "First Read."[8] He also does a weekly Question and Answer ("Q&A") session with users at Newsvine.
On December 18, 2008, NBC announced[9] that Todd would succeed Gregory as NBC News Chief White House Correspondent, partnering with Savannah Guthrie on the news beat. He retained his title as NBC News Political Director and was also named Contributing Editor to Meet the Press.
Todd was a focus of an August 2008 Los Angeles Times article paralleling Todd's rise to the rise of cable news networks in coverage of U.S. politics.[10] The article noted the emergence of Todd's fans, deemed "Chuckolytes."
Todd is also co-author, with Sheldon Gawiser, of How Barack Obama Won: A State-by-State Guide to the Historic 2008 Presidential Election, published in 2009.[11]
Personal
editTodd is a native of Miami, Florida. He attended George Washington University from 1990 to 1994; although he majored in political science and minored in music, he left GW University some credits short of a degree.[12] Todd is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University.[13] He resides in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife, Kristian Denny Todd, daughter Margaret, and son Harrison.[14]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).[15]
References
edit- ^ mediabistro.com
- ^ imdb.com
- ^ nndb.com
- ^ "Chuck Todd Named NBC News Political Director and On-Air Analyst". NBC Press Release. 2007-02-14.
- ^ http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/10100-congresswoman-hilda-solis-on-the-progressive-caucus
- ^ a b c Barnhart, Aaron (2008-06-14). "MSNBC's Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow are young, geeky and hot". Kansas City Star.
- ^ Calderone, Michael (2008-06-14). "Sundays after Russert". Politico.com.
- ^ "First Read".
- ^ "Chuck Todd Named NBC News Chief White House Correspondent". NBC Press Release. 2008-12-18.
- ^ Gold, Matea (2008-08-17). "For political conventions, cable networks are the go-to channels". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Vintage Press ISBN 978-0307473660
- ^ Todd, Chuck (2006-05-24). "Just How Warm Is The Water?". NationalJournal.com.
- ^ "Chuck Todd NBC News Political Director". MSNBC. 2007-06-12.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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External links
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Our daughters know they're Chinese. We want to make that available to them.
We want our little girls to grow up with some consciousness of their Chinese heritage and make it available to them... We don't want to get hung up on it, we want to make that available to them.
I'm the product of a mixed marriage and that, in a funny way, was my heritage. I was aware of part of me being Jewish, I was aware of part of me being Irish Catholic... I think I became aware of the fact that I was growing up in an ethnically and religiously mixed household and in a funny way that mixture became my heritage ... I find in life one of the things I treasure is that mixture of heritages as your own identity...
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