Chuck Todd

Todd was born on April 8, 1972{{cite news |work=Fishbowl DC |publisher=Media Bistro |title=Hotline Says, "On Sunday, NBC's Political Director Officially Turns Old" |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/is_this_news/hotline_says_on_sunday_nbcs_political_director_officially_turns_old_56490.asp |date=April 6, 2007 |access-date=January 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001142958/http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/is_this_news/hotline_says_on_sunday_nbcs_political_director_officially_turns_old_56490.asp |archive-date=October 1, 2009 |url-status=dead }} in Miami, Florida, the son of Lois Cheri (née Bernstein) and Stephen Randolph Todd.{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/r/Dorothy-B-Bernstein-FL/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0010.html |title=Charles David Todd (b. 08 Apr 1972) |publisher=Familytreemaker.genealogy.com |access-date=November 30, 2013}} He is Jewish on his mother's side and was raised Jewish.{{cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|authorlink=Nate Bloom|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_Nate_Silver_Another_Bond_and_Happy_Endings.shtml |title=Interfaith Celebrities: Nate Silver, Another Bond, and Happy End |publisher=InterfaithFamily |date=November 13, 2012 |access-date=August 17, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Malul |first=Chen |url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.612266 |title=Former 'Meet the Press' host David Gregory writing book on his Jewish faith|website=Haaretz.com |date=August 24, 2014 |access-date=April 30, 2017}} He graduated from Miami Killian Senior High School in Kendall, an unincorporated suburban community in greater Miami. Todd attended George Washington University from 1990 to 1994. He declared a major in political science and a minor in music but did not earn a degree.{{cite web|title=GWU Non-degree Alumni|url=http://alumni.gwu.edu/prominent-alumni-school-non-degree-students|access-date=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517093355/https://alumni.gwu.edu/prominent-alumni-school-non-degree-students|archive-date=May 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}

Before entering the world of political reporting and analysis, Todd earned practical political experience on initiative campaigns in Florida and various national campaigns based in Washington, D.C.{{cite news |work=Fishbowl DC |publisher=Media Bistro |title=Chuck Todd Leaves Hotline, Joins NBC News As Political Director |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/the_revolving_door/chuck_todd_leaves_hotline_joins_nbc_news_as_political_director_53156.asp |date=February 14, 2007 |access-date=July 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001142513/http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/the_revolving_door/chuck_todd_leaves_hotline_joins_nbc_news_as_political_director_53156.asp |archive-date=October 1, 2009 |url-status=dead }} While in college, Todd worked for the 1992 presidential campaign of Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and later started working part-time at National Journal's The Hotline.

From 1992 until March 12, 2007, Todd worked for National Journal's The Hotline, where he was editor-in-chief for six years. As part of his position, Todd also co-hosted, with John Mercurio, the webcast series Hotline TV, consisting of a daily show lasting between three and seven minutes and a weekly show ranging between 20 and 30 minutes. He became a frequent guest on political discussion shows, such as Hardball with Chris Matthews and Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff.

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Tim Russert brought Todd to NBC from The Hotline in March 2007. He became the NBC News political director at that time. In this role, Todd often provided on-air political analysis on political discussion shows, including Morning Joe, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, and The Rachel Maddow Show{{cite news |work=Kansas City Star |title=MSNBC's Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow are young, geeky and hot |url=http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/aaron_barnhart/story/661526.html |first=Aaron |last=Barnhart |date=June 14, 2008}} and blogged for MSNBC.com at "First Read".{{cite web |url=http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005022801/http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 5, 2006 |title=First Read|publisher=MSNBC|access-date=November 30, 2013}} He also did a weekly Question and Answer ("Q&A") session with users at Newsvine.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

After Tim Russert's death in June 2008, Todd was a candidate to replace him as the host of NBC's Meet the Press,{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11084.html |work=Politico.com |title=Sundays after Russert |first=Michael |last=Calderone |date=June 14, 2008}} but David Gregory was ultimately selected for the job. On December 18, 2008, NBC announced{{cite web |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28299358 |work=NBC Press Release |title=Chuck Todd Named NBC News Chief White House Correspondent |date=December 18, 2008|access-date=January 19, 2018}} that Todd would succeed Gregory as NBC News Chief White House Correspondent, partnering with Savannah Guthrie on the news beat. He retained his title as NBC News Political Director and was also named Contributing Editor to Meet the Press. Todd was a focus of an August 2008 Los Angeles Times article paralleling Todd's rise to the rise of cable news networks in coverage of U.S. politics.{{cite news |first=Matea |last=Gold |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-ca-cable17-2008aug17,0,1625809.story |title=For political conventions, cable networks are the go-to channels |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 17, 2008}} The article noted the emergence of Todd's fans, deemed "Chuckolytes".{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

On July 6, 2009, former MSNBC television personality Dan Abrams launched a website service, Mediaite, reporting on media figures. The site ranks all TV-based journalists in America by influence. Todd ranked, as of October 2009, right before Mike Wallace as number five.{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/power-grid/person/?q=Chuck+Todd|title=Chuck Todd|work=Mediaite|access-date=October 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909052118/http://www.mediaite.com/power-grid/person/?q=Chuck+Todd|archive-date=September 9, 2009|url-status=dead}} Todd rose to number two as of December 21, 2011, but fell to 90 as of January 9, 2013. On January 11, 2010, Todd became co-host, with Savannah Guthrie, of The Daily Rundown on MSNBC, airing weekday mornings from 09:00 to 10:00 ET.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

On August 14, 2014, NBC announced that Todd would take over as the host of Meet the Press beginning September 7, 2014.{{cite news |first=Bill |last=Carter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/15/business/media/nbc-chooses-chuck-todd-to-replace-david-gregory-on-meet-the-press.html |title=NBC Chooses Chuck Todd to Replace David Gregory on 'Meet the Press' |work=The New York Times |date=August 14, 2014}} While remaining as NBC News political director, Todd left his role as chief White House correspondent as well as anchor of The Daily Rundown.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

On July 23, 2015, MSNBC announced Todd would return to the network with a daily political show called MTP Daily, which was airing weekdays at 17:00 ET. The show was an extension of Meet the Press. Todd continued moderating Meet the Press on NBC.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

On January 22, 2017, Todd interviewed Kellyanne Conway on Meet the Press, the day after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer accused the media of deliberately under-reporting the crowd size at President Trump's inaugural ceremony. In a response to Todd's question about the claims, Conway said:

"Our press secretary, Sean Spicer, gave alternative facts to that [i.e., Donald Trump's inaugural crowd size], but the point remains that..."

"Wait a minute. Alternative facts? ... Alternative facts are not facts. They're falsehoods."{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/22/kellyanne-conway-says-donald-trumps-team-has-alternate-facts-which-pretty-much-says-it-all/ | title=Kellyanne Conway says Donald Trump's team has 'alternative facts.' Which pretty much says it all. | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=January 22, 2017 | access-date=January 22, 2017 | last=Blake | first=Aaron}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-1-22-17-n710491 |title=Meet The Press 1/22/17 |work=NBC News |date=January 22, 2017 |access-date=April 30, 2017}}

On June 26 and 27, 2019, Todd, along with Jose Diaz-Balart, Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, and Rachel Maddow, moderated the first pair of 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates. Todd's performance as a moderator, in which he ended up speaking more than all but three of the ten presidential candidates on the first debate, was widely panned. He was particularly criticized for asking candidates lengthy questions and then requesting them to respond "in one or two words".{{cite web |last1=Bustillos |first1=Maria |title=MSNBC public editor: The Chuck Todd show |url=https://www.cjr.org/public_editor/msnbc-chuck-todd-mueller-testimony.php |website=Columbia Journalism Review |access-date=August 14, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Peters |first1=Justin |title=It Was Almost a Good Debate Until Chuck Todd Mucked It Up |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/chuck-todd-mucked-up-the-democratic-debate.html |website=Slate |date=June 27, 2019 |access-date=August 14, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Mazza |first1=Ed |title=Chuck Todd Emerges As The Democratic Debate's Biggest Loser |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/chuck-todd-moderator_n_5d143771e4b0d0a2c0ab9211 |website=HuffPost |date=June 27, 2019 |access-date=August 14, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Schramm |first1=Molly |title="Chatty" Chuck Todd Spoke More Than Most of the Candidates During Night One of the Democratic Primary Debates |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/06/chuck-todd-democratic-primary-debate-talking.html |website=Paste Magazine |date=June 27, 2019 |access-date=August 14, 2019}}

In a December 2019 interview with Rolling Stone, Todd discussed his belief about how disinformation overtook the media during the Trump administration.{{cite web|last=Wade|first=Peter|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-disinformation-spreads-according-to-chuck-todd-interview-929912/|title=How Disinformation Spreads, According to Chuck Todd|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=December 20, 2019}} However, although Todd had addressed "alternative facts" being lies in January 2017, PressThink—a project of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University—took Todd to task for failing to address the issues as they unfolded.{{cite web|last=Rosen|first=Jay|url=http://pressthink.org/2019/12/the-christmas-eve-confessions-of-chuck-todd/|title=The Christmas Eve Confessions of Chuck Todd|publisher=PressThink|date=December 26, 2019}}

On June 4, 2023, at the end of Meet the Press, Todd announced he would be stepping down from his role as the program moderator later in the year, handing that role to Kristen Welker, as he had hoped—saying that his three decades in the news business had deprived his family, and indicating that he was delighted with the circumstances of his departure, saying it was just the way he had hoped.{{Cite AV media |last=Todd |first=Chuck |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/chuck-todd-to-step-down-as-meet-the-press-moderator-after-nine-years-179911237775 |title=Chuck Todd to step down as Meet the Press moderator after nine years |date=June 4, 2023 |work=Meet the Press |publisher=NBC News |access-date=June 5, 2023}}

On January 12, 2025, Semafor published a report, claiming Todd had been "quietly" meeting with organizers in Washington media, with plans to exit NBC "when his contract is up" sometime later in the year.{{cite web |last1=Tani |first1=Max |title=Chuck Todd to exit NBC {{!}} Semafor |url=https://www.semafor.com/article/01/12/2025/chuck-todd-to-exit-nbc |website=Semafor |access-date=January 31, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131162935/https://www.semafor.com/article/01/12/2025/chuck-todd-to-exit-nbc |archive-date=January 31, 2025 |location=United States |language=en |date=January 12, 2025 |url-status=live}} On January 31, in a memo to staff, he announced his exit from the NBC.{{cite news |last1=Barr |first1=Jeremy |title=Chuck Todd leaving NBC News after nearly 18 years |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/01/31/chuck-todd-nbc-leaving-exit/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 31, 2025 |work=The Washington Post |publisher=Nash Holdings |date=January 31, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131164239/https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/01/31/chuck-todd-nbc-leaving-exit/ |archive-date=January 31, 2025 |location=United States |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=2269358}} He wrote: "There's never a perfect time to leave a place that's been a professional home for so long, but I'm pretty excited about a few new projects that are on the cusp of going from 'pie in the sky' to 'near reality. So I'm grateful for the chance to get a jump start on my next chapter during this important moment."{{cite magazine |last1=Steinberg |first1=Brian |title=Chuck Todd to Exit NBC News |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/chuck-todd-exit-nbc-news-1236273148/ |magazine=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=January 31, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131163927/https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/chuck-todd-exit-nbc-news-1236273148/ |archive-date=January 31, 2025 |location=United States |issn=0042-2738 |oclc=60626328 |date=January 31, 2025 |url-status=live}}

Todd is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17814579 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418204637/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17814579 |url-status=live |archive-date=April 18, 2007 |work=MSNBC |title=Chuck Todd NBC News Political Director |date=June 12, 2007}} He is the author of The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House. Published in 2014, the Chicago Tribune described the book as "richly sourced and deeply informed," while Publishers Weekly called it "an even-handed, concise, and thorough account."{{cite book|title=The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House |author=Chuck Todd |date=November 11, 2014 |publisher=Little, Brown |isbn=9780316079570 }} Todd is also co-author, with Sheldon Gawiser, of How Barack Obama Won: A State-by-State Guide to the Historic 2008 Presidential Election, published in 2009.Vintage Press {{ISBN|978-0-307-47366-0}} Todd picks NFL football games for Tony Kornheiser on his podcast The Tony Kornheiser Show.{{cite web|url=http://www.tonykornheisershow.com/chucktodd|title=Chuck Todd|website=TK|access-date=April 2, 2019}} Each week, Todd is pitted against Reginald, a monkey, who also picks NFL games. Since September 2016, Todd has hosted the weekly Chuck Toddcast.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/show/5GmIATUu0vE1A2Eqzlg0OD?si=c672ed6b519e4987|title=The Chuck Toddcast|website=Spotify |access-date=January 28, 2024}}{{Better source needed|reason=Doesn't say when it started.|date=February 2024}}

Todd resides in Arlington, Virginia with his wife, Kristian Denny Todd, and their two children. Kristian Todd is a communications professional and co-founder of Maverick Strategies and Mail, which provides direct-mail and consulting services for Democratic candidates and progressive causes.{{cite web |url=http://www.muckety.com/Kristian-Denny-Todd/139789.muckety?big=true |title=Kristian Denny Todd large relationship map |publisher=Muckety |access-date=August 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929064231/http://www.muckety.com/Kristian-Denny-Todd/139789.muckety?big=true |archive-date=September 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|last=Boorstein |first=Michelle |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 8, 2008 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702712.html |title=D.C. Area's Take on Yom Kippur's Downtime |access-date=August 14, 2011}} She was the spokesperson for the successful U.S. Senate campaign of Jim Webb in 2006.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100401762.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title= Democratic Organizer Quits After Calling Allen 'Macacawitz' |first= Tim |last=Craig |date= October 5, 2006}} Although his wife is Christian, they are raising their two children in the Jewish faith.{{cite news|url=https://heavy.com/news/2019/06/kristian-denny-todd/ |newspaper=Heavy.com |title= Kristian Denny Todd, Chuck Todd's Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |first= Emily |last=Bicks |date= December 9, 2022}}

Todd is a congregant in the Reform congregation of Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, Virginia.

Todd is an avid Miami Hurricanes football fan.{{Cite web |title=Chuck Todd Quotes |url=https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/chuck_todd_648693 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=BrainyQuote |language=en}}

• Emmy Awards (shared with several other NBC journalists)[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325620/awards/ "Chuck Todd: Awards: News & Documentary Emmy Awards"], Internet Movie Database, retrieved June 5, 2023
• 2009 Winner, Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast: NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt for "Bailout Talks Collapse"
• 2009 Nominee, Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine: NBC News for coverage of "Hurricane Gustav"
• 2010 Winner, Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast: NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, for "The Miracle on the Hudson"
• 2010 Nominee, Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story - Long Form, for NBC News Special: The Inauguration of Barack Obama
• 2011 Nominee, Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story - Long Form: NBC News forDecision 2010
• 2011 Nominee, Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast: NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt for "Iraq: The Long Way Out"
• 2015 Nominee, Outstanding Interview: Meet the Press for "Former Vice President Dick Cheney Interview"
• 2018 Nominee, Outstanding Short Documentary: for Edith+Eddie
• Honorary degrees:
• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree (2013) from Marymount University in recognition of his work in journalism.{{cite web |url=http://www.marymount.edu/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=/Channels/Site%20Wide%20Content&WorkflowItemID=f6de525d-7055-4267-a042-33616173b515 |title=News Details |publisher=Marymount.edu |date=February 22, 2013 |access-date=August 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227144600/http://www.marymount.edu/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FSite%20Wide%20Content&WorkflowItemID=f6de525d-7055-4267-a042-33616173b515 |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
• Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree (2022) from George Washington University[https://smpa.gwu.edu/bash-todd-honorary-doctorate-2022 "SMPA National Council Members Dana Bash and Chuck Todd Received Honorary Degrees During 2022 Commencement,"] May 16, 2022, School of Media & Public Affairs, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, George Washington University, retrieved June 5, 2023[https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/political-journalists-dana-bash-chuck-todd-receive-honorary-degrees "Political Journalists Dana Bash, Chuck Todd to Receive Honorary Degrees,"] April 27, 2022, GW Today, Office of Communications and Marketing, George Washington University, retrieved June 5, 2023
• honorary degree, Marist College[https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/biography-chuck-todd-biography-n1240316 "Biography: Chuck Todd"] October 1, 2020, NBC News, retrieved June 5, 2023
• 2022 Foreign Press Award, The Association and the Club of Foreign Press Correspondents in the United States, retrieved June 5, 2023[https://foreignpresscorrespondents.org/chuck-todd-foreign-press-awardee-2022-the-association-of-foreign-press-correspondents-usa "Chuck Todd: Foreign Press Awardee 2022,"] The Association and the Club of Foreign Press Correspondents in the United States, retrieved June 5, 2023
• 2019 Hank Meyer Headliner Award, for journalists who create an inclusive community, Miami Coalition of Christians and Jews.Miami Coalition of Christians and Jews (MCCJ), May 13, 2019, SocialMiami, retrieved June 5, 2023
• Named "The Most Powerful Journalist in Washington" by GQ as part of the magazine's "50 Most Powerful People in Washington" list.

• Todd, Chuck and Sheldon Gawiser (2009). How Barack Obama Won.
• {{cite book|title=The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House |first=Chuck |last=Todd |year=2014 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |isbn=978-0316079570 }}

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