Savannah Guthrie Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in journalism in 1993 and later graduated magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2002
• Was a freelance reporter for WRC-TV in Washington, D․C․, from 2000 to 2002, where she covered the 9/11 attacks and anthrax mailings
• Got her first job at a local TV station in Columbia, Mo․, where she worked for two years before joining an NBC affiliate in Tucson
• Best known as the co-anchor of NBC's "Today" and as NBC News' Chief Legal Correspondent
• Prior to joining NBC News in 2007, she served as the legal affairs correspondent for "Court TV․"
• After working for the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, she became an NBC News reporter in 2008 and was named the White House correspondent for NBC News later that year
• Received the highest score on the Arizona bar exam in 2002