David Gregory Biography

Fast Facts

• Named Alumni of the Year in 2005 by American University's School of International Service
• Named the Best White House Correspondent in 2000 by the Media Research Center
• Earned a degree in international studies from American University in 1992
• Met his future wife, Beth Wilkinson, while covering the Oklahoma City bombing, as she was working as a prosecutor on the case
• Began as a reporter for a local news affiliate in Tucson, Arizona at only 18-years-old
• Served as head White House correspondent for NBC from 2000, prior to George W․ Bush being elected President, until 2008 when he moved to "Meet the Press"
• Once has his own political radio program, Gregory Live, on MSNBC and its various radio affiliates
• Began serving as a substitute anchor on "Weekend Today" in 2003 and later began filling in on weekday broadcasts of "Today" two years later