Brian williams nightly news biography
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Brian Williams
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Brian Williams became the seventh Anchor and Managing Editor in the distinguished history of the broadcast "NBC Nightly News" on månad 2, 2004. Now, as he approaches his one-year anniversary at the helm of "Nightly News," Williams is the nation's most-watched news anchor on a broadcast that represents the largest single daily source of news in amerika. Williams was the first and only network evening news anchor to report from the region before Hurricane Katrina hit and was the only network news anchor to report from the Superdome during the storm. He remained in New Orleans to report on the aftermath and destruction of Hurricane Katrina, and continues to travel back and forth to the region to cover the recovery and rebuilding efforts. The New York Times wrote that Williams’ coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath was "a defining moment as a network reporter and ancho
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Brian Williams
Brian Williams is seen by more U.S. television viewers on a daily basis than any other individual. Since taking over as anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News in 2004, he has strengthened the broadcast's position as the most-watched newscast in all of television and has become the most highly decorated evening news anchor of the modern era. He has received eleven Edward R. Murrow Awards, twelve Emmy Awards, the duPont-Columbia University Award, the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism and the industry’s highest honor, the George Foster Peabody Award.
Williams began his broadcasting career in 1981 at KOAM-TV in Pittsburg, Kan. He worked at several local stations in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York City before joining NBC News in 1993. He became NBC’s chief White House correspondent and then anchor and managing editor of The News With Brian Williams on MSNBC and CNBC.
In 2004, he took over as anchor of NBC Nightly News, the na
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The incredible story of Brian Williams' rise to stardom — and how it all came crashing down
On Tuesday, Brian Williams was suspended for six months as anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News."
The network's announcement comes after Williams was forced to apologize for and recant his story about being on board a helicopter forced down by RPG fire during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Before Williams' news career was called into question last week, the 55-year-old was known as America's most trusted anchor.
Brian Williams' unlikely road to fame >
Until last week, Williams was known as the Emmy-winninganchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News." But TV news was initially an industry in which Williams struggled to enter after he dropped out of college.
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Recently earning a $10 million annual salary, Williams went bankrupt in his early 20s after "a failed experiment in local news."
It wasn't until a news director in