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American broadcast journalist

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  • Date of Birth: 20 May 1979
  • Age: 47 years old

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Craig Delano Melvin is an American broadcast journalist and anchor at NBC News and MSNBC. From August 2018 until January 2025, he was a news anchor on NBC's Today, in October 2018, a co-host of Today Third Hour before being made permanent host in January 2019, and in January 2025, he became a co-anchor for the first and second hours of Today. Melvin also serves as a fill-in & substitute anchor for the NBC Nightly News.

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Melvin first joined NBC-affiliate WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina as a high school student, working as an "Our Generation Reporter" from 1995 to 1997.

After college, he returned to WIS in July 2001 as a news photographer and producer, before becoming a reporter for the station's morning news team, producing his "Craig Cam" live segments. He was later promoted to news anchor for the weekend morning newscast and the weekend evening newscasts before heading the weekday newscasts. At WIS-TV, Melvin also created several series that covered issues affecting education and the homeless in Columbia, among others.

In July 2008, Melvin left WIS-TV to join NBC's owned-and-operated station in Washington, D.C., WRC-TV, where he anchored the weekend evening newscasts.

Three years later, in July 2011, Melvin departed WRC-TV for MSNBC to become a daytime anchor, while also contributing to NBC News as a reporter. In 2012, Melvin anchored MSNBC's coverage of the national conventions for the Republican and Democratic parties, as well as TV One's Election Night coverage, in partnership with NBC News. He also covered the Sandy Hook shootings in December 2012. In 2013, he covered the Moore tornado in May, as well as the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 and the George Zimmerman trial in July. In 2014, Melvin covered the shooting of Michael Brown in August and the murder of Hannah Graham in September. In 2015, he covered the Charleston church shooting as well as the death of Freddie Gray in June. In 2016, Melvin covered the mass shooting of Dallas police officers in July and was also among the NBC reporters covering the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August. That same year, he also succeeded José Díaz-Balart as an anchor of MSNBC Live, which would become MSNBC Reports.

In 2017, Melvin hosted his own true crime series Dateline: Secrets Uncovered. It premiered on Oxygen in July 21.

In 2018, Melvin reported from Pyeongchang County for NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics in February. He was also promoted to weekday news anchor on Today in September and formed the cast of hosts heading Today Third Hour in October.

In December 2020, Melvin co-hosted NBC's annual broadcast of the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

In March 2022, Melvin announced he would be leaving his hour of MSNBC Reports to focus on Today.

On January 13, 2025, Melvin stepped into the co-anchor chair alongside Savannah Guthrie and replaced Hoda Kotb, who left the program the week before.

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Back at the Today Desk Savannah Guthrie returned to NBC’s Today on Tuesday, July 14, ending a four-broadcast absence. “So glad that Savannah’s back in Studio 1A,” Craig Melvin said as the program began, explaining that his coh...

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Date of Birth 20 May 1979
Age 47 years old
Taurus Zodiac sign Taurus Taurus - loyal and responsible The main features of the representatives of the sign of Taurus are: serenity, endurance, as well as some passivity. They calmly endure the blows inflicted by fate, but do not retreat from the intended path. No one mana…
Goat Chinese horoscope Goat Goat - elegant and artistic People born in the year of the Goat are endowed with a variety of talents and rich imagination. They are courteous and helpful, elegant and artistic. Most of these people have good taste, understanding of color and shape.…
Elk Slavic horoscope Elk Born under the Elk sign of the Slavic horoscope, people often combine mythic memory with practical steadiness — reading cycles early and standing firm for those they call their own.
Anubis Egyptian horoscope Anubis The Egyptian sign of Anubis reflects divine patronage and a particular season of character in the ancient calendar. People born under this deity often feel motives early and carry a recognizable moral gravity.
Hawthorn Druid horoscope Hawthorn Hawthorn joins outer reserve with inner fire. Born 13 May to 9 June, these people sense beauty deeply and love with intensity behind a quiet face.
Vrishabha Indian horoscope Vrishabha Born under Vrishabha, people in the Indian horoscope often blend spiritual depth with practical discipline, reading life as a sequence of karmic lessons and duties.
Purslane Flower horoscope Purslane Born under Purslane in the flower horoscope, people often find strength in beauty, atmosphere, and the quiet symbolism of their birth bloom.
Taurus — 3rd decan Decan horoscope Taurus — 3rd decan Born in the Taurus — 3rd decan period, people often show a sharper flavor of their sign: faster or slower, bolder or more reflective, yet always recognizable by birth date.

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