Who is Today Show anchor Craig Melvin?
CRAIG Melvin has been an anchor on the Today show since 2018.
The journalist stepped down from his MSNBC position on March 31, 2022, marking the end of his double-duty schedule.
Who is Today show anchor Craig Melvin?
Craig Melvin is an American journalist and anchor at NBC News and a former anchor for MSNBC.
The 44-year-old hails from Columbia, South Carolina, and got his start in journalism when he began working at NBC affiliate WIS-TV.
In 2008, he left WIS-TV and joined NBC's WRC-TV station in Washington, DC, where he anchored the weekend evening newscasts.
Melvin left that post three years later and landed a job at MSNBC as a daytime anchor while also contributing to NBC News as a reporter.
The journalist became a permanent co-host of Today Third Hour a year after being named a Today show anchor in 2018.
He is also the author of Pops: Learning to Be a Son and a Father, which discusses fatherhood, addiction, and resiliency.
When did Craig Melvin leave MSNBC?
Back in March, an MSNBC representative confirmed with the that Melvin's double duty as an anchor for MSNBC and Today would end.
The busy journalist officially stepped down from his MSNBC position on March 31, 2022.
Melvin gave up his 11 am Eastern hour on the news channel - a position he held since 2016.
However, he remains a Today news anchor, co-host of NBC's Third hour, and host of the true-crime news magazine, Dateline.
Who is Craig Melvin married to?
Melvin married ESPN reporter Lindsay Czarniak, 45, in October 2011.
The pair met while he worked at NBC4 after Czarniak had returned from covering the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The journalist earns an estimated $3 million in salary from The Today Show.