Kristen Welker Is Ready to Break Barriers
glamour.comMeet the Press debuted on NBC. Its co-creator, Martha Rountree, a pioneering woman journalist who first started the program as a radio broadcast, served as its very first moderator.More than seven decades later, Meet the Press has since become a Sunday television tradition.
It is the longest-running show on TV and has featured interviews with every single president since John F. Kennedy, among hundreds of other powerful and influential figures.
But since Rountree, each host of the program has been a man. Until now.This Sunday, NBC News’ will become the first woman host of the show in more than 70 years and the first woman of color to host it ever.
A mainstay of NBC’s political coverage for years, Welker started her career as a local news reporter before joining the network as a political correspondent in 2010.
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