Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKristen Welker and Peter Alexander were named the new chief White House correspondents for NBC News, part of a rejiggering of some of the news unit’s personnel in the nation’s capital as many news outlets prepare to cover a new presidential administration.In a memo to staffers issued Friday, NBC News President Noah Oppenheim said Hallie Jackson, who has been the news division’s chief White House correspondent, would move to a role as senior Washington correspondent.
Jackson will maintain her morning hour broadcasting on MSNBC while also launching a new program aimed for streaming audiences on Peacock and NBC News Now, two broadband-video platforms operated by NBCUniversal.Meanwhile, Andrea Mitchell, the.
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