Savannah Guthrie is a well known American attorney as well as a journalist, being an active employee of NBC news. Savannah has also been one of the co-anchors in the popular The Today Show. Initially, she started working as a Legal Analyst Correspondent for the NBC News.
Here she worked on a daily basis where she reported on the trials all over the country. After having worked as a White House Correspondent along with being the co-anchor of ‘The Daily Rundown’ which was an MSNBC program, an announcement has been made on Savannah getting the role of the co-host of the trending show ‘The Today Show,’ alongside Al Roker and Natalie Morales. Here, she was hired as the replacement of the co-anchor named Ann Curry.
Savannah is said to have got one of the most exciting jobs in the whole world. She has traveled almost the entire world for getting her interviews done with musicians, celebrities, politicians, athletes and other prominent figures. In this tour, she usually inspires a lot of people for sharing their life stories with the whole world.
Savannah has gained so much popularity that it is said if any major incident is going on, she along with a co-host will surely be present to cover the story, representing the Today Show. She has a background stemming from the world of news, and further, she terms herself as a great news junkie.
Early Life
Savannah’s full name is Savannah Clark Guthrie who has been named after the grandmother. She took birth in Melbourne in Australia on 27th December in 1971, where her father had been residing then. After two years of her birth, the entire family came back to the United States and settled in Tucson in Arizona. Savannah has got two siblings, one being her sister named Annie Guthrie and the other being his brother named Camron Guthrie.
Savannah got her graduation completed at the Amphitheater High School located at Tucson. She got her undergraduate degree in journalism from the Arizona University. Later she again earned a degree by completing her honors subject in Latin. Savannah had also been one of the representatives of the Pi Beta Phin in of the Arizona Alpha Chapter.
Career
Savannah got her career started in broadcasting at KMIZ which is an ABC affiliated company in Columbia in Missouri in the year 1993. Two years later, she shifted to KVOS which is located in Tucson is an NBC affiliate.
After that, Savannah began to work in WRC-TV which was situated in Washington DC. She completed her reporting on some of the greatest news stories like that of the anthrax attacks made in 2001, the 9/11 attacks and the attack made on The Pentagon. For the duration of this period, she also got her studies resumed and finally completed her graduation from the Georgetown University Law Centre with a JD Magna Cum Laude.
After this, Savannah then started working in a law firm named ‘Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’ as an associate of litigation, where she held her specialization in defense of mainly white-collar crimes. A year later, she left this firm and began to work as a national trial correspond in the CourtTV, having done reporting on a number of high-profile hearings along with legal trials.
After having worked in CourtTV for quite a number of years, Savannah decided to join NBC news and thus, started working there as a legal analyst and correspondent. Here she made a coverage regarding the vice-presidential race involving Sarah Palin. Later, she earned the position of News White House correspondent at NBC along with being a crucial contributor to all the major properties of the NBC News. Savannah also worked as a replacement anchor in the NBC Nightly News as well as the primary anchor on NBC News.
She also played the role of a co-anchor for the popular show ‘The Daily Rundown’ which was telecasted on MSNBC. Later, she gained the position of a co-host for the 3rd hour of the Today Show, accompanied by Al Roker as well as Natalie Morales. She also replaced the main co-host, the chief legal analyst and news anchor for the various platforms present in NBC. After this, in the year 2012, Savannah substituted the co-anchor of Today’s named Ann Curry, thereby letting go of the position of the co-host of the 3rd hour as well as the role of the chief legal analyst.
Savannah also appeared in the movie named ‘Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!’. She also received the award ‘International Academy of Trial Lawyers’ Student Advocacy’ for her excellent work along with the victims of domestic violence. Savannah grabbed the first position, being the topper in the Arizona Bar Exam. This helped her in becoming one of the members of the Arizona bar as well as the Columbia District. She also had been an active member of ‘Order of the Coif.’
When taking her social media sites into consideration, it is very well understood that Savannah is amazingly successful in gathering such a massive fan following on the internet, be it Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and so on. She has around 804k followers on the Twitter account, more than 400k followers on Instagram. These stunning figures need special mention as these show her popularity amidst her fans.
Personal Life
Savannah is considered as one of the most beautiful TV anchors having an amazing height of 1.78m and charming personality. She got married to Mark Orchard who is a BBC news presenter, being English born.
She met Mark for the first time while she was covering one of the trial reports of Michael Jackson. Mark was then married to Anne Kornblut who is also a journalist. Right after this couple got divorced; Savannah and Mark tied a knot during December 2005.
After five years, Savannah got involved with Michael Feldman and started dating him. Michael us a political as well as a communications consultant, who then, worked for the Democratic Party. A few years later, Michael and Savannah got their engagement done and got married within a year.
Savannah was already four months pregnant when she got married to Michael. She was then blessed with an adorable baby girl after five months, named Vale. The family now resides in the Soho neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. A year later, Savannah was again blessed with Michael’s child, and this time it was a baby boy.
Quick Summary
Full name: Savannah Clark Guthrie
Date of birth: Dec 27th, 1971
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 46 years
Profession: Journalist; Anchor
Height: 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m)
Weight: 60 kg
Net worth: $2 Million
