Former “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd is leaving NBC News after nearly 20 years with the network.
The 52-year-old broadcaster announced his departure Friday in a memo to colleagues, according to Variety.
“There’s never a perfect time to leave a place that’s been a professional home for so long, but I’m pretty excited about a few new projects that are on the cusp of going from ‘pie in the sky’ to ‘near reality,’” wrote Todd, who left “Meet the Press” in 2023. “So I’m grateful for the chance to get a jump start on my next chapter during this important moment.”
After 15 years at National Journal, where he edited “The Hotline” newsletter, Todd moved to NBC News in 2007 as a political director. The following year, he took up the mantle as chief White House correspondent. In 2014, he was promoted as “Meet the Press” moderator. Though he also became a daily fixture with “MTP Daily,” Todd left “Meet the Press” in 2023, at which point he was succeeded by Kristen Welker.
In a statement to Variety, NBC News said it’s “grateful for Chuck’s many contributions to our political coverage during his nearly two-decade career at NBC News and for his deep commitment to ‘Meet the Press and its enduring legacy.
“We wish him all the best in his next endeavors,” continued the statement.
Those endeavors include the “Chuck Toddcast” podcast, which Todd launched in 2016 as a “Meet the Press” offshoot. He told colleagues that the pod, which NBC News currently produces, is “coming with me” and that he’ll announce its “new home soon.”
In his memo, Todd suggested he’ll kickstart new media enterprises, noting he’s an entrepreneur “at my core” and believes local media is the entry point to regaining the public’s trust.
“The only way to fix this information ecosystem is to stop whining about the various ways the social media companies are manipulating things and instead roll up our collective sleeves and start with local,” he said, noting national media need that communal baseline to follow suit.
Todd assured readers of his memo that he’ll still “share my reporting and unique perspective of covering politics with data and history as important baselines in understanding where we were, where we are and where we’re going,” according to Variety.
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