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Tamron Hall

Born:   September 16, 1970

Birthplace:    Luling, TX

Zodiac Sign:  Virgo

Career and Life

Tamron Hall is an American broadcast journalist and television talk show host. In September 2019, Hall debuted her self-titled syndicated daytime talk show, which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award. Hall was formerly a national news correspondent for NBC News, daytime anchor for MSNBC, host of the program MSNBC Live with Tamron Hall, and a co-host of Today's Take, the third hour of Today. She hosts the Deadline: Crime on the Investigation Discovery channel. In the summer of 2016, Investigation Discovery premiered the TV special Guns on Campus: Tamron Hall Investigates, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the tower shooting at the University of Texas at Austin.

 

Hall first worked as a general assignment reporter at KBTX in Bryan, Texas, then moved to KTVT in 1994, where she spent four more years as a general assignment reporter.

 

From 1997 to 2007, she worked for WFLD-TV in Chicago, Illinois. She held several positions, including general assignment reporter, consumer reporter, and host of a three-hour program, "Fox News in the Morning." As a former Chicago resident, Hall frequently reported on issues related to Chicago politics and covered many "breaking news" stories, including one of the most devastating Amtrak accidents in Illinois.

 

In July 2007, Hall joined MSNBC and NBC News national news networks. She also landed a one-on-one interview with Barack Obama before he announced his run for the presidency in 2008.

 

At MSNBC, Hall served as a general reporter and fill-in anchor, first achieving prominence as a substitute anchor for Keith Olbermann on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Hall then joined David Shuster as co-host of a two-hour program, The Big Picture, which premiered June 1, 2009, and concluded January 29, 2010. Hall anchored as a substitute for Natalie Morales and on the weekends.

 

On February 1, 2017, with Hall's contract expiring within the month, NBC News and Hall released a joint statement confirming Hall's decision to depart from NBC and MSNBC.

 

On September 9, 2019, Tamron debuted her self-titled award-winning syndicated daytime talk show.

 

She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

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