Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd | |
|---|---|
 Chuck Todd in 2006 | |
| Employer | NBC News |
| Title | Chief White House Correspondent, Political Director |
| Website | http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17814579/ |
Chuck Todd is a political analyst and author, as well as the political director, on-air analyst and chief White House correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC.[1] [2] He is an occasional contributor to other news outlets, including the Atlantic Monthly.
Career
From 1992 until March 12, 2007, Todd was the editor-in-chief of National Journal's The Hotline.[3] As part of his position, Todd also co-hosted, with John Mercurio, the webcast series Hotline TV, consisting of a daily show lasting between 3 and 7 minutes and a weekly show ranging between 20 and 30 minutes.
Todd is a frequent guest on political discussion shows, including Morning Joe, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Meet the Press, and Countdown with Keith Olbermann[3] and blogs for MSNBC.com at "First Read."[4] He also does a weekly Question and Answer ("Q&A") session with users at Newsvine.
Tim Russert brought Todd to NBC from The Hotline in March 2007.[3]Todd was a candidate to replace Tim Russert as the host of NBC's Meet the Press,[5] before David Gregory was selected for the job. NBC announced on December 18, 2008 that Todd would succeed Gregory as chief White House correspondent.
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.[6] The article noted the emergence of Chuck Todd fans, deemed "Chuckolytes."
Personal
Chuck is Jewish and a native of Miami, Florida. He attended George Washington University,[7] and is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University.[8]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "First Read".
- ^ Calderone, Michael (2008-06-14). "Sundays after Russert". Politico.com.
- ^ Gold, Matea (2008-08-17). "For political conventions, cable networks are the go-to channels". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Todd, Chuck (2007-02-07). "In Search Of The Hockey Stick Moment". NationalJournal.com.
- ^ "Chuck Todd NBC News Political Director". MSNBC. 2007-06-12.
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