Peter Alexander (journalist)
Peter Marvin Alexander is an American journalist and television presenter who works for NBC News. He obtained the title of NBC News White House correspondent covering the White House and the President of the United States in December 2012.
In October 2018, he was named co-anchor of Today for Saturday editions. His reports appear across all platforms of NBC News, including NBC Nightly News, Today, Meet the Press, NBC News Now, Dateline NBC, and NBCNews.com. He shared duties alongside Kristen Welker as the network's co-chief White House correspondent starting in January 2021. After Welker became the moderator of Meet the Press, Alexander became the sole chief White House correspondent for NBC News.
Biography
Personal life
Alexander was born to a Jewish family in Oakland, California, the son of Terry and David Alexander, an attorney. Alexander's parents are divorced. He has a younger sister, psychotherapist Rebecca Alexander, who has Usher syndrome type III. She is a psychotherapist living in New York City.Alexander graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a Bachelor's degree in journalism.
On April 21, 2012, Alexander married Alison Starling, who was an anchor at WJLA-TV. The couple has two children and lives in the suburbs of Washington D.C.
Pre-''NBC News''
From 1997 to 2004, Alexander grew his career at various local stations, notably WKYT in Lexington, Kentucky, KHQ in Spokane, Washington, and finally as an anchor and reporter at KCPQ in Seattle, Washington.''NBC News''
In 2004, Alexander moved to NBC News, where he has focused on international stories, such as the 2005 Iraq elections, the death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, and the tsunami in Indonesia. He has filed reports from Afghanistan, the Galápagos Islands, Gaza Strip, Israel, Laos, and Mexico.Alexander's work has also included environmental reporting from the Northwest Passage in the Arctic, as well as reports on the story of his sister, Rebecca, who has Usher Syndrome, type III, a rare genetic disorder that is robbing her of her vision and her hearing.
Alexander has covered numerous breaking news events, including anchoring live coverage of the "Miracle on the Hudson" and the Virginia Tech shooting.
In 2006, Alexander was nominated for the Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News StoryLong Form News & Documentary Emmy Award for his participation in the NBC News Special Report: The Death of Pope John Paul II news documentary. In 2010, he reported on the international controversy surrounding WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. In addition to his news responsibilities, Alexander has also served as an NBC Sports host and covered the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2026 Winter Olympics.