Lester Holt has anchored NBC Nightly News since 2015 and is one of the most trusted journalists in American broadcast media. A veteran reporter with over four decades of experience, he began in radio before moving to television and joining NBC in 2000, becoming the first Black permanent solo anchor of a weekday network evening newscast.
Holt has covered nearly every major global event of the past generation, including elections, social-justice protests, wars, pandemics, and natural disasters. He moderated the 2016 presidential debate and has received multiple Emmy Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award, and the NABJ Journalist of the Year Award.
Beyond anchoring, Holt promotes journalism ethics, newsroom diversity, and civic trust, speaking at universities and public forums. His steady commitment to truth-telling has made him a rare constant in American media.
