Kelly O'Donnell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article does not cite any references or sources. (December 2007) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. |
Kelly O'Donnell is a White House correspondent for NBC News.
O'Donnell covers politics for NBC News. She appears on Nightly News with Brian Williams, Today and MSNBC. O'Donnell is a regular panelist on "The Chris Matthews Show" and has been a guest on "Meet The Press." She has served as news anchor and substitute host on the weekend Today program and the weekend edition of Nightly News. She has contributed reports to the prime time news magazine Dateline.
O'Donnell has covered the Bush Administration, Congress and several presidential campaigns. During the Iraq war, she was embedded with the 3rd Infantry Division, stationed in Baghdad and Qatar. In addition, O'Donnell has reported a wide variety of events including the September 11th attacks, the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the OJ Simpson trial. O'Donnell reported on the travels and death of Pope John Paul II. She also covered both summer and winter Olympic Games.
O'Donnell has been based in Washington, New York and Los Angeles for NBC.
O'Donnell graduated from Northwestern University. She served as a reporter and anchor at WJW-TV in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1990s.
O'Donnell was inducted into the Ohio Radio/Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2004. She has been nominated for national Emmy Awards and received a regional Emmy for her report of an Ohio prison riot.[1]