Alex Witt
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Alex Witt (born April 9, 1961) is an American television news journalist based in New York City who currently hosts the television news program Alex Witt Reports weekends from 1Script error: No such module "String".pm to 4Script error: No such module "String".pm on MSNBC, where she previously hosted MSNBC Live and Morning Joe First Look. Witt joined MSNBC in January 1999 and is the network's longest-running anchor.[1]
Early life and education
Witt was born in Pasadena, California, and grew up in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.[2] Witt's father is Dr. Charles B. Witt, a noted thoracic surgeon in Los Angeles. Witt graduated from the Marlborough School for Girls in Los Angeles and the University of Southern California, where she majored in journalism and international relations.[3]
Career
Witt first served as a field producer for the Today Show in Burbank, California. Her first on-air job was at KCBA in Salinas, California. She later worked for KCBS-TV, KNBC-TV, and KABC-TV, each of which are located in Los Angeles. She served as a reporter at KCBA from 1990 to 1992 and WNYW-TV from 1996 to 1998. In 1999, Witt was with MSNBC as an anchor. She hosts the renewed-recognized program Weekends with Alex Witt, which was later rebranded to Alex Witt Reports, guest hosts for her timeslot are Christina Ruffini and Lindsey Reiner, she is known for never being herself a guest host on the weekdays straight-news report blocks
Personal life
Alex is married to TV producer Bill Sorensen.[4] Witt has noted on-air, when Politico made the thesis, that she is related to George Washington. She is actually a cousin, seven generations removed to George Washington through Bailey Washington, her cousin and contemporary of President Washington. She is a member of the National Society of Washington Family Descendants. She is a co-founder of the band Mrs. Robinson.[5]
See also
References
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- ↑ https://www.msnbc.com/know-your-value/career-growth/msnbc-s-alex-witt-reveals-her-secret-career-longevity-n1301892
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- ↑ New York Times: "Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson: A New Band in the 'Burbs" By IRENA CHOI STERN July 29, 2001
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External links
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- American television reporters and correspondents
- Mass media people from Pasadena, California
- Journalists from Greater Los Angeles
- MSNBC people
- University of Southern California alumni
- Television anchors from Los Angeles
- American women television journalists
- USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni