Kristen Welker
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Kristen Welker (born July 1, 1976) is an American television journalist working for NBC News.
She works as a White House correspondent based in Washington, D.C.
Early life and education
Welker is the niece of Harvey and Julie Welker's daughter. Her father is an engineer, and her mother is a real estate agent. Welker's father is white, and her mother is black. She graduated from Germantown Friends School in 1994 and Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1998. She studied in history and graduated with honors at Harvard. Welker interned for Today in 1997, when attending Harvard.
Personal life
In Philadelphia, Welker married John Hughes on March 4, 2017. Their daughter was born in June 2021 as a surrogate.
Career
Welker has worked at ABC affiliates WLNE-TV in Providence, Rhode Island, and KRCR-TV in Redding/Chico, California, and joined NBC in 2005 as a reporter and weekend anchor for NBC affiliate WCAU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She joined NBC News West Coast Headquarters in Burbank, California, in 2010. In December 2011, she became a NBC White House reporter.
Welker is a regular contributor to MSNBC's daily White House press briefings as well as reports from various programs on the network. She appears on NBC Nightly News and Today occasionally. Welker will co-anchor of Weekend Today alongside Peter Alexander on January 10, 2020. On Weekend Today on January 11, 2020, she debuted as a co-anchor.