Chuck Todd is the host of NBC’s MTP Daily and the 12th and current moderator of Meet the Press. He is also the on-air political analyst for Today and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. He used to be the host of The Daily Rundown on MSNBC and the Chief White House correspondent for NBC.
But prior to his career as a political analyst, Todd immersed himself into practical political experiences on initiative campaigns. In college, he tried to get a feel for politics as he worked on the presidential campaign of Senator Tom Harkin in 1992. He then worked at National Journal’s The Hotline and eventually found himself being NBC News’ Political Director, a position he still holds. Todd provided on-air political analysis on shows like Hardball with Chris Matthews, Meet the Press, The Rachel Maddow Show, and Morning Joe.
Thomas Roberts – $1.5m
Like most journalists, Thomas Roberts had his first job reporting for a small cable station in Maryland before moving to California and working as a field producer and writer for KNSD, an NBC affiliate. He moved again to Nebraska and became a general-assignment reporter with an ABC-affiliate station. His big break came when he joined CNN in 2001 and was the weekday anchor on CNN Headline News. In 1992, Roberts got an Emmy Award nomination for his investigation into a local puppy mill that got shut down as a result of his report.
He went to Los Angeles and worked for some time for Entertainment Tonight and The Insider before realizing that entertainment news was not for him. Roberts then served as a news anchor for MSNBC Live and Weekend Today. He also anchored Live with Thomas Roberts and Out There with Thomas Roberts, a weekly news and discussion centered on LGBT issues. He is set to anchor on WGCL-46 soon, which is a CBS affiliate in Atlanta.
Chris Cuomo – $2.5m
Chris Cuomo currently works at CNN and is hosting his own regular weeknight show called Cuomo Prime Time. He is also the co-anchor of CNN’s morning show. He was previously the ABC News chief law and justice correspondent as well as co-anchor for ABC’s 20/20.
Cuomo earned an undergraduate degree at Yale University and obtained his Juris Doctor (J.D.) in Fordham University. His foray into journalism started by appearing on networks such as MSNBC, CNBC, and CNN to discuss social and political issues. He soon became a correspondent for Fox News and Fox Files, covering different stories on controversial social issues. He was also a political policy analyst for Fox News.
Tamron Hall – $1m
Tamron Hall gained attention after she joined MSNBC and NBC News in 2007 and scored an exclusive interview with Barack Obama right before he announced his candidacy for president. Hall obtained further prominence when she became a substitute anchor for Keith Olbermann on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Since then, she hosted and co-hosted multiple shows including The Big Picture, MSNBC Live with Tamron Hall, Today’s Take, and the third hour of Today.
She now hosts Deadline: Crime on Investigation Discovery channel and the channel’s special Guns on Campus: Tamron Hall Investigates. Hall is also a strong advocate against domestic abuse because of her sister’s murder, which resulted from domestic violence.
Josh Elliott – $4m
Josh Elliott’s first major onscreen television work was with ESPN in 2004 as a panelist for Around the Horn and Jim Rome Is Burning. He was also a guest co-host on Cold Pizza on ESPN2. He quickly went up the ranks and became a co-anchor on ESPNNews and reporter for SportsCenter. In 2011, he joined ABC’s Good Morning America and was a substitute anchor on the weekend edition of ABC World News. He then moved to NBC for about a year where he was mainly relegated to NBC Sports programming.
Elliott was hired by CBS in 2016 to be the lead anchor for its digital news service CBSN. However, in an on-air announcement in 2017, he said that he would be leaving his position because he would be placed in a larger role. Network executives were surprised about the announcement and the supposed plans and got him fired. After the incident, Elliott was seen on National Geographic Channel as a co-host of Yellowstone Live with wildlife expert Chris Packham.