Luke Russert
Luke Russert | |
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 Luke Russert at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado 2008 | |
| Born | Luke Russert August 22, 1985 Washington, D.C. |
| Education | B.A. degree in communications, Boston College |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Luke Russert (born August 22, 1985) is an American television and radio personality. He is the son of the late renowned broadcast journalist Tim Russert and journalist and Vanity Fair special correspondent Maureen Orth. He has co-hosted a sports talk program on XM radio with prominent political pundit James Carville called 60/20 Sports. While in college, he worked for the ESPN program Pardon the Interruption.[1]
Russert graduated from the exclusive St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. in 2004.[2] In 2008, following his graduation from Boston College and the subsequent death of his father, NBC News hired Russert as a correspondent covering youth issues in the 2008 presidential election. He was assigned to the Democratic and Republican conventions.[3][4]
During the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Russert was the only journalist to interview Bill Clinton immediately after his speech to the DNC.
References
- ^ XM Biographies
- ^ "At St. Albans, Bidding Russert Farewell - washingtonpost.com". Washington Post. 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
- ^ "NBC News hires Luke Russert to cover Republican, Democratic Conventions", Daily News, July 31, 2008.
- ^ "NBC Hires Luke Russert as a Correspondent", New York Times, July 31, 2008