Savannah Clark Guthrie (born December 27, 1971) is an Australian-American broadcast journalist and lawyer. He is the main co-anchor of NBC News's Today morning show, a position he has held since July 2012.
Guthrie joined NBC News in September 2007 as a legal analyst and correspondent, regularly reporting trials across the country. After serving as a White House correspondent between 2008 and 2011 and as co-anchor of MSNBC's The Daily Rundown program in 2010 and 2011, Guthrie was announced as the co-host of Today > the third hour with Natalie Morales and Al Roker. In that role, he was replaced as a major newscaster and co-host and emerged as the chief legal analyst on all NBC platforms. Guthrie stopped being co-host and head of third law analysts in 2012 when she replaced Ann Curry as a co-anchor of Today .
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Early life and education
Savannah Clark Guthrie, named for her great-grandmother, was born in Melbourne, Australia, where her father was placed to work. His family returned to the United States and moved to Tucson, Arizona two years later. He graduated from Amphitheater High School in Tucson.
Guthrie received B.A. in journalism from the University of Arizona, graduated cum laude in 1993. He is a member of the Alpha Alpha chapter of Pi Beta Phi. In 2002, Guthrie graduated from Georgetown University Law Center with a Juris Doctor degree and was inducted into the Order of Coif.
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Careers
His first job in broadcasting was at the ABC KMIZ affiliate, in Columbia, Missouri, where he worked for two years before returning to Tucson and a job with NBC KVOA affiliate in 1995. After five years in Arizona, he took a job at WRC-TV, Washington, DC where he covered headlines including the September 11, 2001 attacks on The Pentagon and the 2001 anthrax attacks.
After working for several years as a broadcast journalist, Guthrie chose to continue her higher education, receiving Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center, where she graduated magna Cum Laude in 2002. She is a member of the bar in District of Columbia and Arizona, having earned her first place at Arizona Bar Exam. He is also a member of the Order of the Coif and receives the International Academy of Advocacy award for his work with victims of domestic violence.
He works for law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & amp; Feld, where he serves as a litigation association, specializing in white-collar criminal defense. In 2004, he became a national trial correspondent for CourtTV. He covered high profile legal proceedings including Senate Senate hearing hearings from US Supreme Court candidate Samuel Alito, kidnapping and murder of Carlie Brucia court, Martha Stewart case, and Michael Jackson trial.
NBC News (2007-present)
Guthrie became a correspondent for NBC News in September 2007. He discussed vice-president Sarah Palin of Fairbanks, Pittsburgh, San Antonio, Sioux City, Iowa, and Washington. On December 18, he was named White House correspondent for NBC News. In this capacity, he contributed to all NBC News properties. Guthrie is also an anchor of NBC News and an anchor substitute on NBC Nightly News . The_Today_Show_.282011.E2.80.93present.29 "> The Today Show (2011- present)
After Guthrie replaced both Meredith Vieira and Ann Curry on Today, it was confirmed on May 9, 2011 that she will be co-hosted from 9am, along with Natalie Morales and Al Roker, and Leader of the Main Editor event. The move comes after Vieira announces his departure from the show as a co-host of the main program, and subsequent promotions from Curry and Morales to major co-hosts and newsreaders, respectively. Guthrie left The Daily Rundown for Today on June 9, 2011. She also became Head of Legal Analyst NBC News, making her first appearance in this role on May 25, 2011. On June 29th 2012, it was announced that Guthrie will take part in Today , replacing Curry. His first day as co-anchor, along with Matt Lauer is on July 9, 2012.
During his time in Today, he became famous for his highly respected interviews. In 2011, he conducted an interview with Donald Trump where he discussed his role in Barack Obama's "birther" controversy. Later that same year, he interviewed Dr. Conrad Murray after he was found guilty of unintentional murder in the death of Michael Jackson. He also reported exclusive details about Osama bin Laden's death.
Since 2012, he has hosted Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade at NBC, and Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting yearly.
Other jobs
Guthrie appeared as herself in the 2015 movie Sharknado 3: Oh No Hell! .
In 2018, he plays alongside compatriot Jack Sock in an exhibition of tennis matches against Switzerland's Roger Federer and Bill Gates America. Savannah and Jack suffered a loss, the final score being 3-6.
Personal life
While covering Michael Jackson's trial, Guthrie meets British-born BBC News presenter Mark Orchard. After Orchard divorced his first wife, journalist Anne Kornblut, she began dating Guthrie and the couple married in December 2005. Guthrie and Orchard divorced in 2009, and later that year she started a relationship with Democratic political and communications consultant Michael Feldman. They got engaged in May 2013 while on holiday in Turks and Caicos. They married on March 15, 2014 in Tucson, with Guthrie announcing two days later she was four months pregnant. In 2012, Guthrie lives in the SoHo neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. On August 13, 2014, Guthrie gave birth to their daughter, Vale Guthrie Feldman in New York City.
On June 7, 2016, Guthrie announced that she and her husband Mike Feldman were looking forward to their second child. On December 8, 2016, she gave birth to her son, Charles Max.
References
External links
- Official Bio NBC
- Appearance in C-SPAN
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