Craig Melvin Biography
Craig Melvin is an anchor and broadcast journalist for NBC News and MSNBC in the United States. He joined NBC’s Today as a news anchor in August 2018 and a co-host of Today Third Hour in October 2018, before being promoted to permanent host in January 2019.
Craig Melvin Age
Melvin is 42 years old as of 2021. He was born Craig Delano Melvin on 20 May 1979 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States.
Craig Melvin Height
Melvin stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.70 m).
Craig Melvin Family/ Father/ Brother
Melvin is the son of Lawrence and Betty Melvin. Ryan Melvin, his younger brother, and Rev. Lawrence Meadows, his older half-brother, died of colon cancer on December 9, 2020, at the age of 43.
Craig Melvin Wife
On October 15, 2011, Melvin married Lindsay Czarniak, a former ESPN sports anchor and former WRC-TV sports reporter. They have a boy, Delano “Del,” who was born in March 2014, and a daughter, Sybil “Sibby,” who was born in November 2016.
Craig Melvin Education
He became the first African-American president of Key Club International in 1996. He graduated from Wofford College with a Bachelor of Arts in government in 2001. He is a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and has worked as a senior counselor for the Palmetto Boys State program in South Carolina.
Craig Melvin Salary
Melvin earns an annual salary of $3 Million.
Craig Melvin Net Worth
Melvin has an estimated net worth of $9 Million.
Craig Melvin Career
Melvin began his career at NBC station WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina, as a “Our Generation Reporter” from 1995 to 1997 while still in high school. Following college, he returned to WIS in July 2001 as a news photographer and producer before joining the station’s morning news team as a reporter and producer of his “Craig Cam” live pieces. He went on to become a news anchor for the weekend morning and evening newscasts before taking over the weekday newscasts. Melvin has made several programs for WIS-TV, including ones about education and the homeless in Columbia, among other topics. Melvin departed WIS-TV in July 2008 to join WRC-TV, NBC’s owned-and-operated station in Washington, D.C., where he hosted weekend evening newscasts.
Melvin left WRC-TV three years later, in July 2011, to join MSNBC as a daytime anchor, while still contributing as a reporter to NBC News. Melvin hosted MSNBC’s coverage of the Republican and Democratic national conventions, as well as TV One’s Election Night coverage, in cooperation with NBC News, in 2012. In December 2012, he covered the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. In 2013, he covered the Moore tornado in May, the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 tragedy in June, and the George Zimmerman trial in July. Melvin covered the August killing of Michael Brown and the September murder of Hannah Graham in 2014.
He covered the Charleston church shooting in 2015, as well as Freddie Gray’s death in June. Melvin was one of the NBC correspondents covering the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August 2016 and covered the mass shooting of Dallas police officers in July. He also succeeded José Daz-Balart as an anchor of MSNBC Live, which later became MSNBC Reports, in the same year.
Melvin reported from Pyeongchang County for NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage in February 2018. In September, he was promoted to weekday news anchor on Today, and in October, he joined the team of hosts for Today Third Hour. Melvin co-hosted NBC’s annual presentation of the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in December 2020. Melvin revealed in March 2022 that he will be quitting his hour on MSNBC Reports to focus on Today.
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