Kristen Welker Is Ready to Break Barriers
14.09.2023 - 13:39
/ glamour.com
Meet the Press debuted on NBC.
Its co-creator, Martha Rountree, a pioneering woman journalist who first started the program as a radio broadcast, served as its very first moderator.More than seven decades later, Meet the Press has since become a Sunday television tradition.
It is the longest-running show on TV and has featured interviews with every single president since John F.
Kennedy, among hundreds of other powerful and influential figures.
But since Rountree, each host of the program has been a man.
Until now.This Sunday, NBC News’ will become the first woman host of the show in more than 70 years and the first woman of color to host it ever.
A mainstay of NBC’s political coverage for years, Welker started her career as a local news reporter before joining the network as a political correspondent in 2010.
She has served as NBC News’ Chief White House Correspondent and as the co-anchor of the Saturday Today show, and made headlines for her calm and skillful moderation of the final debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump As Welker prepares to guide the show into its next chapter, and through the extremely consequential 2024 presidential election, she tells Glamour she’s been thinking a lot about the path Rountree paved for her.“I’m just honored and deeply humbled when I think about the roots of this show at Martha Roundtree, and her courage and her strength in starting this show so many years ago,” she says.Welker took a (quick!) break from preparing for her debut to chat with Glamour about breaking boundaries, how she stays grounded in the tough world of politics, and her advice for other women hoping to swing a hammer at that glass ceiling.Glamour: Big day on Sunday! How are you feeling?
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