Lester Holt is becoming a news anchor of ‘NBC Nightly News’ after ten years.
Lester Holt, news anchor and editor of “NBC Nightly News” for ten years, announced on Monday that he was stepping down from a long broadcast in the beginning of the summer.
Holt will continue on the network that has a full role at “Dateline”, in which he has been the main news anchor for almost 15 years, according to the memorandum that shared with the network staff on Monday.
NBC NEWS was not immediately named the Holt’s successor.
Holt was called “Nightly News” news anchor in June 2015 after the weekend news broadcast for eight years and working with “the weekend today” for 12 years. Acting as the main announcer of “Dateline” since September 2011
“The smile came to my face when I thought that with the night news and the Dateline, I now have seized a successful television news program and two symbols in the broadcast history.” Hold was written on Monday. “Every night” and “Dateline” officials “as a 20 -year -old radio journalist about the police beat the news around San Francisco. I can’t imagine that my career will be resolved in the way it has. What a remarkable thing. “
In his 10 years at the tiger tail of “Nightly News”, Holt covers the specified events of that era, including the political increase of President Donald Trump, a large outbreak of coed. And the war in Gaza
In the past few months, Holt has reported the coverage of the Network in the night election, Iran for a special interview with President Masoud Pezeshkian and “Dateline” special about the destruction of Los A forest. Gelis in 2017 2025
Holt interviews with world class leaders make headlines regularly and determines the news agenda. He spoke one -on -one with Trump, former President Joe Biden, former Vice President of the former President of the former President of the Ukrainian Volodymyr Zellenskyy and other important people.
Holt traveled to the area where Hurricane storms, tornado, forest fires and many shots.
“He is a network leader in a timely challenge of the country in the past decade.” JaneLle Rodriguez, Vice President of NBC News, writing a message to the staff “quite easily Leicester. Important of this news organization “
He is called the “most reliable television personality in America”, two consecutive times according to the exploration of Hollywood journalists and consulting in the morning. “Nightly News” is a leading television program. Each week on an average of about 7 million people
Holt Young Anchors “Nightly News: Kids Edition” Digital announcement that has been nominated for the Emmy award focuses on informing and providing knowledge to children.
Holding NBC News participants in 2000 joined the “Nightly News” from the news anchor. Brian Williams, who left the show after drawing a strong criticism to provide details of the helicopter attack in Iraq. Holt was called a permanent news anchor of the flagship program on 18 June 2015.
Holt arrived in the network. After more than a decade at the WBBM-TV station in Chicago, he acted as an afternoon and evening news anchor. He began his career in his television journalist as a reporter at WCBS-TV in New York in 1981. The next year, Holt moved to Los Angeles to report KCBS-TV (known as KNxt). To return to WCBS in 1984
He received various industrial honors, including the Emmy Award, and in 2019, the Walter Ron Kite that is popular for excellence in journalism.
