Kate Snow (born June 10, 1969) is an American television journalist for

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, serving as Senior National Correspondent to various NBC platforms, including '' Today'', ''

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'', '' Dateline NBC'', and

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. Snow also anchors '' NBC News Daily'', and frequently substitutes for the weekday and weekend broadcast. Snow also previously hosted '' MSNBC Live'' and anchored the Sunday edition of ''NBC Nightly News.'' Before joining NBC News in 2010, she was a co-anchor for the weekend edition of ''

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'' on ABC from 2004 to 2010. Snow had also appeared on its weekday edition and '' World News'' as a fill-in anchor and correspondent. She was also a correspondent for the now-canceled NBC newsmagazine '' Rock Center with Brian Williams''.

Early life and education

Snow was born June 10, 1969, in

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, and moved with her family to Burnt Hills, New York, when she was six months old. She is a daughter of Dean Snow. She is a 1987 graduate o
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School
She graduated from

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, and holds a master's in foreign service from

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Career

Snow joined ABC in 2003 as ''Good Morning America''s

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reporter before she was tapped to co-host the morning show's weekend edition. She had previously worked at NPR and NBC Radio, and also worked as a reporter at KOAT-TV in

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, from 1995 to 1998 and at CNN from 1998 to 2003. During the 2008 presidential race, Snow was ABC News' correspondent covering Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and

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's campaign for vice president. Snow joined

in 2010 as correspondent for '' Dateline NBC'' and a contributor to other NBC programming. In September 2015, Snow began anchoring the Sunday broadcast of ''NBC Nightly News''. That same month, Snow began hosting a two-hour block on '' MSNBC Live''. One year later, she won a News & Documentary Emmy Awards for her interview of numerous women including Andrea Constand who had accused

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of committing sexual assault, which had aired on ''Dateline NBC''. In April 2017, she left her anchoring duties at MSNBC to become a Senior National Correspondent at NBC News, covering various stories for ''NBC Nightly News'', ''Today'' and ''Dateline NBC''. In October 2019, Snow began hosting a true-crime television series titled ''Relentless'', which airs on

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. In September 2022, Snow began co-anchoring a two-hour block of '' NBC News Daily'', alongside Aaron Gilchrist. The first hour of the program assumed the timeslot held by ''

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'' (which was moved to the streaming service

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) and will simulcast on NBC News Now and Peacock. On February 18, 2024, Snow announced she will be anchoring her last ''Nightly News'' Sunday broadcast on February 25.

Career timeline

* 1995–1998: KOAT-TV reporter * 1998–2003: CNN reporter * 2003–2010:

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** 2003–2004: ''

'' White House correspondent ** 2004–2010: ''Good Morning America Weekend Edition'' co-anchor * 2010–present:

** 2010–present: '' Dateline NBC'' correspondent ** 2011–present: ''Today'' fill-in anchor and news anchor ** 2011–2013: '' Rock Center with Brian Williams'' correspondent ** 2013–present: NBC News national correspondent ** 2015–2017: '' MSNBC Live'' anchor ** 2015–2024: ''

'' Sunday anchor ** June 2017–July 2017: '' Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly'' correspondent ** September 2022–present: ''NBC News Daily'' co-anchor

Personal life

Snow is married to radio presenter Chris Bro. They have two children. Snow spoke on-air about her husband's difficult struggle with

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during the early months of the COVID pandemic in 2020. On June 11, 2018, she shared the story of her father-in-law's suicide and the impact it had on her. Snow is a member of the Department of Communication's advisory council at Cornell University and is on the national board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America. In February 2023, Snow launched a digital EP cover album entitled ''Kate Snow''.

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