Biography
Kristen Welker (born July 1, 1976) is a famous television journalist for NBC News in the United States.
Welker, who lives in Washington, DC, works as the channel’s chief White House correspondent and co-anchors Weekend Today, the Saturday edition of Today, with Peter Alexander.
On October 22, 2020, she moderated the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
American television journalist
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| Full name: | Kristen Welker |
| Born: | July 1, 1976 (age 48) |
| Place of birth: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Parents: | Julie Welker, Harvey Welker |
| The children: | Margot Lane Welker |
| Height: | 1.6 minutes |
| Siblings: | Do not have |
| Husband • Spouse: | John Hughes (married 2017) |
| Boyfriend • Partner: | Do not have |
| Job: | Journalist • Television Personality |
| Net worth: | 3 million US dollars |
Early life
Kristen Welker is the daughter of Harvey and Julie Welker.
She was born on July 1, 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Her mother is a real estate agent and her father is an engineer.
Kristen Welker was born to a white father and an African-American mother, which reflects both her ethnicity.
Education
Kristen Welker received her Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1998 after graduating from Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia in 1994.
She studied history at Harvard University and graduated with honors. In 1997, Kristen Welker worked as an intern for ‘Today.’
Career
Kristen Welker worked for ABC station WLNE-TV in Providence, Rhode Island, from 2003 to 2005, and KRCR-TV in Redding, California.
She began her career with NBC in 2005 as a reporter and weekend anchor at WCAU, the company’s Philadelphia-based radio station. In 2010, she began working for NBC News as a correspondent in Burbank, California, at the company’s West Coast headquarters.
In December 2011, she joined NBC’s White House team as a correspondent.
Kristen Welker attends the daily White House press briefings on behalf of MSNBC and reports live for various programs on the network. Additionally, she regularly appears on NBC Nightly News and Today to fill in for other anchors.
On January 10, 2020, NBC announced that Kristen Welker would join Peter Alexander as regular co-hosts of Weekend Today.
On January 11, 2020, she debuted as a co-host on Weekend Today. Additionally, she received the Outstanding Broadcast Journalist Award at the Washington Women in Journalism Awards in September 2020.
Personal life
On March 4, 2017, Kristen Welker married John Hughes, a Merck marketing executive, in Philadelphia.
In June 2021, Welker and her husband, John Hughes, welcomed a baby girl, Margot Lane Welker, via surrogacy.
Net worth
According to various sources, Kristen Welker has a net worth of $3 million.
The journalist’s annual salary is said to be more than $100,000.
