Brian Williams Biography

Fast Facts

• Wrote press releases while a student at Catholic University
• Has worked as a volunteer firefighter
• Was an intern at the White House under President Jimmy Carter
• After dropping out of college, he got a low-paying reporting job in Kansas
• In 1993, he moved from CBS to NBC, where he hosted the News with Brian Williams on MSNBC and then CNBC, became a White House correspondent, and filled in occasionally for Tom Brokaw
• Named Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Committee in 1996
• Was named Man of the Year by GQ in 2001
• Began writing a blog for msnbc
• com in 2005
• In 2005, he released a personal documentary called In His Own Words: Brian Williams on Hurricane Katrina
• Earned an honorary Doctor of Journalism degree from The Ohio State University in 2008
• Received the 2009 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University
• In 2009, he started a web series called BriTunes where he interviewed and showcased musicians
• Has written for The New York Times, Time magazine, Newsweek and The Los Angeles Times