# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-brokaw
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:48:47.462Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-brokaw"
name: "Tom Brokaw"
slug: "tom-brokaw"
description: "Thomas John Brokaw is an American author and retired network television journalist. He first served as the co-anchor of The Today Show from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years (1982–2004). In the previous decade he served as a weekend anchor for the program from 1973 to 1976. He is the only person to have hosted all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He formerly held a special correspondent post for NBC News."
tagline: "American broadcast journalist and author (born 1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Brokaw_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1940-02-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump