Brian Williams
Brian Williams
Brian Douglas Williamsis an American journalist, currently serving as chief breaking-news anchor and primetime election anchor for MSNBC. Williams is best known for his ten years as anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network. Six months after Williams joined the program in December 2004, NBC News was awarded the Peabody Award for its coverage of the Hurricane Katrina story, with the award committee stating that Williams and the NBC staff...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth5 May 1959
CityRidgewood, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
Everyone is always trying to write our lead for us in our business. Let me try, ... It's a great day for NBC News. It's a great day for the network evening news business. It's a place where, after all, about 30 million people come every night. And it's a place where nine months ago, for a horrible set of reasons, everyone was reminded why they come there every night.
It's an accepted TV news style that can fall into a pattern. I'd like to avoid it. ... We've all done shots like that. (But) it's still the best way to tell another human being, 'This is what 80 miles an hour feels like.'
This is an enormous honor, and a huge recognition of the coverage of a news story that has become a major commitment of this news division.
If cell phones are the new outlet for news, we're there. If it's computer screens, we're there, ... I know there are changing habits, but they'll come around to us.
Katie is a friend of many years, and a gifted broadcaster. While I am losing her as an NBC News colleague, I am gaining an able new competitor. I want to welcome Katie to the evening shift and I look forward to competing with my friend as we all continue to cover the stories that matter, all over the world, each night, for years to come.
I think it will dominate our news agenda for the foreseeable future.
I'm definitely excited to be here. I'm looking forward to contributing to the great defense here.This is a playoff team on the rise, and I want to help take it a step further.
That's a lot like saying the Empire State Building is the tallest building in New York, ... It's true but for all of the wrong reasons.
Covering the war in Iraq, and the dangers faced by U.S. and Iraqi forces, brings with it its own unique hazards. There is no way to cover the story in Iraq without exposure to danger.
Bob and Elizabeth are very familiar competitors. I'm looking forward to many years of friendship while we chase each other around the globe.
You have to talk to the guys upstairs. I don't know what direction they are going in or what they have planned. I'm open for suggestions.
because I knew this would be the shelter of last resort in this city. I thought it would be a fascinating angle to see how this many people came together.
As I said, you can set your watch by that place.
We feel so good about the quality about what's going, on and off the ice. We felt it was a good way for people to give it another try.