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Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall
Born	September 16, 1970 (age 44); Luling, Texas, U.S.
Education	Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism from Temple University
Occupation	Television journalist
Notable credit(s)	KBTX (1992–1994); KTVT (1994–1997); WFLD (1997–2007); MSNBC (2007-present)

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Tamron Hall (born September 16, 1970 in Luling, Texas) is a national correspondent for NBC News. She is a day-side anchor for MSNBC and host of the program NewsNation with Tamron Hall. Hall is also a co-anchor of Today's Take, the third hour of Today.^[1] She also often substitutes as an anchor for the Orange Room and news on Today.^[2] She currently hosts "Deadline: Crime" on Investigation Discovery channel.

Early career[edit source | edit]

Hall received her Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism from Temple University.^[3] Her first reporter position was as a general assignment reporter at KBTX in Bryan/College Station, Texas. She quickly moved to KTVT in Fort Worth, Texas. From 1997 to 2007, she worked for WFLD-TV in Chicago, Illinois. As a former Chicago resident, she frequently reported on issues related to Chicago politics. At WFLD, she held several positions which include general assignment reporter, consumer reporter and she was the host of the three hour segment “Fox News in the Morning”. Tamron covered many breaking news stories at WFLD including one of the most devastating accidents involving Amtrak in Illinois. ^[1]

She also landed a one-on-one interview with Barack Obama before he announced his run for presidency in 2008. Hall left this job and joined news station MSNBC in 2007.

2009-present[edit source | edit]

At MSNBC, Hall served as a general reporter and fill-in news anchor, first achieving prominence as a substitute anchor for Keith Olbermann on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Hall then joined David Shuster as co-host of a two-hour program, The Big Picture, which premiered June 1, 2009, and concluded January 29, 2010. Hall anchored as a substitute for Natalie Morales and also anchored on the weekends.

Since 2010, Hall is the host of NewsNation with Tamron Hall. News Nation launched in 2010, and includes high-profile interviews and coverage of U.S., global and entertainment news. This segment airs weekdays from 2-3 p.m ET. News Nation has covered many important American events including a live television broadcast from Ground Zero in New York City after the death of Osama Bin Laden was declared. This segment also covered the final space shuttle launch in 2011 and also Hurricane Isaac in 2012. On her show, Tamron tries to encourage viewers to express their own opinions through Facebook and Twitter on prominent controversial news stories.

As of February 24, 2014, Hall has become a co-anchor of The Today Show's segment Today's Take the show's third hour with Natalie Morales, Al Roker and Willie Geist.Hall is the first African American woman to co-anchor theToday show. On the day she signed the deal, she wore the jacket of American singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne, which she bought from her estate sale. Horne was a huge inspiration to Tamron as she climbed her way to the top. ^[2]

It was announced in July 2013 that Hall would host another series, Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall, on Investigation Discovery. It debuted on September 1, 2013. The weekly series features two crime occurrences per episode with Hall and her investigative team digging deeper to uncover details on how events occurred within each case.In each episode, Hall and her crew of correspondents work to figure out why each of these crimes happened. Hall and her partners work beyond the studio and work to retrieved information from the streets in this one hour program.^[3]

Tamron and her fight against domestic violence

In 2004, Renate, Hall's sister was a victim of domestic violence and was murdered. Officers had informed her family that they were very sure of who committed the crime, but that person was ever brought to justice in court. On an interview at the Television Critics Association, Hall described the awful day when she received the call that her sister was found dead face down in her pool. She said there were many signals of domestic abuse that she realized at the time but did not do anything to intervene, and she also partly blames herself for the loss of her sister. She received criticism during the interview by TV critic Jonathon Storm who responded to her story of her sisters death with "That's all very nice, but can you answer my question?". ^[4]

Hall credited her personal experience with domestic violence for the drive to host Deadline. In a blog post published by Hall for The Today Show, she wrote about the struggles of talking about her sister and her unsolved murder. She was afraid to speak out in the beginning because she thought she "would be seen as exploiting the problem." She didn't decide to take action until very recently. ^[5]

Tamron fights against domestic abuse through Today's Shine A Light campaign. Shine a light campaign supports many different worth causes including homelessness, hunger, and abuse. Her goal is to create a PSA for schools and camps that helps spread awareness of emotionally and physically abusive relationships in teens.The fundraising that Hall does benefits Day One New York Inc which helps fight dating abuse. So far they have raised over 40,000 dollars. ^[6]

Awards and Nominations

Tamron was nominated for an Emmy for her consumer report segment, “The Bottom Line,” which first aired in 1999. Tamron served as reporter of the NBC News segment “The Inauguration of Barack Obama,” which won an Emmy in October, 2010 . Hall received the Lew Klein Alumni in the Media award from Temple University in 2010. She also had another Emmy nomination for her segment called “Education Nation: Teacher Town Hall" in 2011. Tamron has also been featured in several major news publications, including ones by Ebony Magazine, Forbes, Huffington Post, and several others. ^[7]

References[edit source | edit]

"Tamron Hall Biography" MSNBC.com Retrieved April 15, 2015.
EXCLUSIVE: Tamron Hall on Being First Black Woman To Co-Anchor 'Today' Show. Essence.com. Retrieved April 08, 2015.
'Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall' to Premiere Sunday. September 1 on Investigation Discovery. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
Tamron Hall Reveals Personal Regrets in Sister's Unsolved Murder - TheWrap.com. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
Tamron Hall: Why my fight against domestic abuse is personal. Today.com. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
"Tamron Hall's Funraiser" Crowdrise.com Retrieved April 11, 2015.
"Tamron Hall" Anchor of MSNBC's 'News Nation'; Frequent Co-Host of NBC's Today. NBC

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