# John Seigenthaler

> John Michael Seigenthaler is an American news anchor and a member of
the George Foster Peabody Awards board of jurors. He is a former weekend anchor and correspondent for both NBC and MSNBC. He is the son of the late newspaper journalist John Lawrence Seigenthaler, and named for his father. He is best known for his eight-year tenure as weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News. In July 2008, Seigenthaler joined his family company Seigenthaler Public Relations, but continued to be based in New York. From 2013-2016 he worked for the later defunct Al Jazeera America as its evening news anchor.

*American anchorman*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1955-12-21
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

John Michael Seigenthaler is an American news anchor and a member of
the George Foster Peabody Awards board of jurors. He is a former weekend anchor and correspondent for both NBC and MSNBC. He is the son of the late newspaper journalist John Lawrence Seigenthaler, and named for his father. He is best known for his eight-year tenure as weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News. In July 2008, Seigenthaler joined his family company Seigenthaler Public Relations, but continued to be based in New York. From 2013-2016 he worked for the later defunct Al Jazeera America as its evening news anchor.

## Fame
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## Sources
- [John Seigenthaler (anchorman)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler_(anchorman))
- [John Seigenthaler junior](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler_junior)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701714)

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