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American broadcast journalist and author (born 1940)

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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).

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2014Presidential Medal of Freedom
2013Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting
2011Freedom Award
2006Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award
2006Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism
Four Freedoms Award - Freedom of Speech
The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal
Legion of Honour
Horatio Alger Award
White House Fellows
honorary doctor of the Hofstra University

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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.

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United States
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Journalists
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Journalist
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living
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Born 1940 · age 86
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