Lester Holt
American journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1959 · age 67
Lester Don Holt Jr. is an American journalist who was the news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News, NBC Nightly News Kids Edition, and is currently news anchor for Dateline NBC.
Lester Holt is read about 331 times a day, in 14 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Holt hosting Weekend Today in 2005, cooking live on the streets of New York City
Holt in 2010 photographed by the United States Air Force while reporting on an airdrop mission in Afghanistan
Holt interviewing Dr. Holly Bamford of the National Ocean Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2013
Holt receiving the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in JournalismAwards
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On June 18, 2015, Holt was made the permanent anchor of NBC Nightly News following the Iraq War-reporting controversy of Brian Williams. Holt followed in the career footsteps of Max Robinson, an ABC News evening co-anchor, and became the first Black male solo anchor for a major network newscast.
