Brian A. Shactman is an American journalist for

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and

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Biography

Shactman grew up in Swampscott, Massachusetts, the son of Nancy and David Shactman. He graduated from Phillips Exeter AcademyCNBC: "Brian A. Shactman - CNBC Reporter"
retrieved November 25, 2013 and earned a B.A. in English and History from Amherst College in 1994.Amherst College Bulletin: "Brian Shactman '94 Earns Emmy Nomination" by Justin Long
December 2011 He also has a Master of Arts degree in English from

Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in th ...

Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester ( , ) is a city and county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, the city's population was 206,518 at the 2020 census, making it the second- most populous city in New England after ...

. After school, he worked as a member of the faculty at Taft School in Watertown, ConnecticutTaft School Bulletin: "The Matzkin Missions"
Winter 2006 and then worked for

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as a journalist at ESPNEWS, '' SportsCenter'' and ESPN Radio. In 2002, he joined

Hartford Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since ...

NBC-affiliate WVIT (owned and operated by

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, the parent company of CNBC). In June 2007, he joined

as a general assignment reporter and substitute anchor for CNBC's Business Day program. In October 2007, he became the co-anchor on '' Worldwide Exchange'' with

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's Ross Westgate in

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and CNBC Asia's Christine Tan in

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. In May 2013, he began anchoring '' Way Too Early'' on MSNBC; and eventually returned to New England to work for NECN and NBC Boston. Shactman received three regional Emmy Awards nominations in 2002 for his sports anchoring and reporting. A year later (2003), he won The Associated Press Award for a documentary on

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from H ...

women's head basketball coach Geno Auriemma. Shactman is also involved in

community service Community service is unpaid work performed by a person or group of people for the benefit and betterment of their community without any form of compensation. Community service can be distinct from volunteering, since it is not always perform ...

, volunteering for Junior Achievement, ALS, and Connecticut's mentoring program. He has also served on the Board of Directors for

Special Olympics Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and physical disabilities, providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 1 ...

. He is married to Jessica Matzkin Shactman.New Jersey.com: "Blair Academy counselor brings medical care to Honduran people" By Kevin Lechiski
October 08, 2008

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MSNBC: "Watch: Brian Shactman’s wife, kids wish him luck on first day" By Drew Katchen
May 13, 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Shactman, Brian Year of birth missing (living people) American television journalists Amherst College alumni Clark University alumni Living people CNBC people Phillips Exeter Academy alumni MSNBC people ESPN people News & Documentary Emmy Award winners American male journalists People from Swampscott, Massachusetts