Kristen Welker

Kristen Welker
Welker in 2024
Born (1976-07-01) July 1, 1976 (age 48)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • correspondent
EmployerNBC News
Spouse
John Hughes
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(m. 2017)​
Children2

Kristen Welker (born July 1, 1976[1]) is an American television journalist working for NBC News. She serves as a White House correspondent based in Washington, D.C.,[2] and served as co-anchor of Weekend Today, the Saturday edition of Today, alongside Peter Alexander from 2020 to 2023. She took over hosting duties for the longest-running program in television history, Meet the Press, on September 17, 2023.[3][4]

  1. ^ Kristen Welker (@kwelkernbc) (July 1, 2015). "Thanks so much! "@ happy. We share with Pam Anderson and Lady Diana. Solid company."". Twitter. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Kristen Welker". msnbc.com. October 11, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  3. ^ "Trump joins Kristen Welker in her first show as moderator of Meet the Press – September 17". NBC News. September 17, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  4. ^ "Commentary: 'Meet the Press' debuts with Kristen Welker and treads familiar ground with Trump". Los Angeles Times. September 17, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2024.