Tom Brokaw
Senior Correspondent NBC News
Tom Brokaw has spent his entire distinguished journalism career with NBC News beginning in 1966 in the Los Angeles bureau. During Watergate, Brokaw went to Washington as the White House correspondent and as the principal backup anchor of “NBC Nightly News.” Next stop: New York and the “Today” show, followed by his appointment as anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw.”
Brokaw has published seven books, including his first, The Greatest Generation, one of the most popular nonfiction books of the 20th century. He is also a popular essayist for publications ranging from the New York Times to Rolling Stone and a wide assortment of other periodicals and newspapers.
Brokaw has won every major award in his craft and was awarded the coveted Legion of Honor by the French government for his extensive reporting on World War II. In November of 2014, Brokaw was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.