Tim Russert

Profession

Actor, Editorial department

The Biz: Chuck Todd is Ready to Make News on Meet the Press

On Sunday, NBC News political director Chuck Todd takes over as moderator of television's longest running franchise, Meet the Press. His arrival — which will feature an interview with President Obama — comes after a year of turmoil on Sunday roundtable program.

Fri, Sep 5, 2014

The Biz: Chuck Todd is Ready to Make News on Meet the Press

The Biz: NBC's Luke Russert Does Time on Dateline

As the son of the late Tim Russert, the longtime moderator of NBC's Meet the Press, Luke Russert grew up in Washington politics. So it was natural for him to cover Capitol Hill when he joined NBC News in 2008. His coverage of the scandal involving sexting House member Anthony Weiner helped nudge the Congressman into resigning.

Fri, Feb 10, 2012

The Biz: NBC's Luke Russert Does Time on Dateline

Tim Russert's Son Follows Father's Footsteps

Late host of Meet the Press Tim Russert may no longer be a part of the NBC News family, but the Russert name will carry on at the Peacock as his son Luke joins on as a new correspondent for the network. According to The New York Times, young Russert's first assignment will begin late August at the Democratic National Convention in Denver followed by the Republican National Convention in St. Paul at the beginning of September. President of NBC News Steve Capus is confident "Luke will bring a unique perspective" to covering this election especially since "so much attention has turned to the youth vote." Prior to his father's death on June 13, Luke Russert had established a name for himself in the media world having co-hosted an XM radio show with political pundit James Carville for two years. An NBC spokeswoman also confirmed that Russert will be continuing with his work for NBC after the November election turning his attention to covering youth issues. What do you think about Luke f...

Fri, Aug 1, 2008

Tim Russert's Son Follows Father's Footsteps

Rainbow Appears after Russert's Memorial

Just as mourners were leaving a memorial service yesterday for Tim Russert in our nation's capital, something absolutely incredible happened: A rainbow appeared! Ironically, they had just heard a rendition of the song "Somewhere over the Rainbow" at the service. Coincidence? We think not!

Fri, Jun 20, 2008

Brokaw Tributes Russert on Sunday's Meet the Press

As the broadcast news community and its audience still reels from the news of Tim Russert's passing, NBC has decided to broadcast this Sunday a special, Tom Brokaw-hosted edition of Meet the Press, celebrating the political analyst's extraordinary life and career."Tim was a man of many passions  his family most of all, his faith, his country, political journalism, baseball and the Buffalo Bills," Brokaw shares in a statement. "As a working class Irish-American with a Jesuit education his range was wide and deep  from the sensibilities of blue-collar voters to the politics of the Vatican, from the power plays on Capitol Hill to the power plays on network television. Almost all of our conversations  and they went on every day  ended with some version of, 'Can you believe how lucky we are to be doing this?'"Brokaw is the one who broke into Friday-afternoon programming to report the sudden passing of the NBC family's "beloved colleague."In most markets, Meet the ...

Sat, Jun 14, 2008