Chuck Todd
Charles David "Chuck" Todd ( born April 8, 1972 in Miami, Florida) is an American journalist and television presenter. He is currently the political director of the news department of the largest U.S. broadcaster NBC correspondent and his station in the White House.
Life and work
After schooling Todd studied from 1990 to 1994 majoring in Political Science and a minor in music at George Washington University, which he left without a degree. In the early 1990s he worked for various political campaigns, so for the 1992 presidential campaign of Senator Tom Harkin.
From 1992 to March 2007 was Todd editor in chief of The Hotline, a daily political correspondence, which is published by the Atlantic Media Company and the mainly at a small, non-public audience of employees from congressmen, journalists and others in the political and media business persons engaged directed. In this capacity he frequently appeared as an expert on political TV shows such as Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff or Hardball with Chris Matthews.
In March 2007, Tim Russert Todd was brought to the NBC television network, where he soon took over the position of Political Director of the Intelligence Division (NBC News) of the transmitter. In this capacity, he is responsible for the overall supervision and coordination of political coverage by NBC and its cable offshoots, the 24 -hour news channel MSNBC. As rapporteur from the White House ( since 2008 ) and as a general analyst of political events occurs Todd also regular in the NBC News and MSNBC in various programs of on. In the morning program from MSNBC Todd since January 11, 2010 Moderated also along with Savannah Guthrie the factory daily from 9.00 to 10.00 clock Eastern Time broadcast program The Daily Rundown, which is a mixture of internal and external political news of the day as well as interviews and debates with guests interspersed with shorter Boulevard elements presented. In addition, Todd accepts the frequent guest moderated by MSNBC shows such as Hardball with Chris Matthews and The Rachel Maddow Show.
After the sudden death of Russert Todd was considered as his successor as host of the program Meet the Press, the oldest political discussion program on U.S. television. Ultimately, however, David Gregory was selected, the items took over instead as a correspondent from the White House Todd. Todd has since been variously assumed the deputy Gregory. Together with Shelod Gawiser has Todd, who is mediaite of the American media analysis site listed as the fifth influential journalist on U.S. television, also the book How Barack Obama Won. A stat -by- State Guide to the Historic 2008 Presidential Election presented.
Todd lives with his wife and a daughter and a son in Arlington, Virginia.