Kate Snow
Kate Snow (born June 10, 1969) is an American television journalist who serves as co-anchor of NBC News Daily and senior national correspondent for NBC News.[1][2]
Snow has earned multiple Emmy Awards for her reporting, including for an exclusive interview with Andrea Constand regarding the Bill Cosby case and for coverage of breaking news stories.[3][4] Her work has encompassed investigative pieces on international adoptions, kidnappings, and policy-impacting stories across NBC platforms such as Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News.[5][6] Previously anchoring the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News until 2024, she transitioned to focus on weekday responsibilities amid NBC's afternoon programming expansions.[7]
Background
Early life
Kate Snow was born on June 10, 1969, in Bangor, Maine.[8] Her family moved to Burnt Hills, New York, when she was six months old, settling in the small upstate community near Saratoga Springs.[8] [9] She is the daughter of Dean R. Snow, a noted anthropologist specializing in Iroquoian studies and professor at institutions including the University at Albany and later Penn State, and Janet Charlene Keller.[10] [8] [11] Snow has a younger sister, Barbara, and a brother, Joshua.[11] Her upbringing in the rural-suburban environment of Burnt Hills provided a stable, community-oriented foundation reflective of regional New York values emphasizing family and local ties.[12]Education
Kate Snow earned a Bachelor of Science degree in communication from Cornell University in 1991.[13] During her undergraduate studies, she gained practical experience in broadcasting through work at WVBR, a local radio station in Ithaca affiliated with Cornell students, which provided early exposure to news reporting and on-air skills essential for journalistic fieldwork.[14] She subsequently obtained a Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, focusing on international affairs.[13] This graduate program equipped her with analytical frameworks for understanding global policy and diplomacy, tools that underpin rigorous fact-verification in foreign correspondence.[15] No records indicate additional certifications or honors directly tied to academic performance, though her institutional training correlated with entry into competitive media roles requiring empirical sourcing and cross-cultural insight.[16]Professional Career
Early broadcasting roles
Snow's entry into professional broadcasting occurred after her graduation from Cornell University in 1991, with her first television news position at KOAT-TV, an ABC affiliate in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There, she worked as a reporter and anchored the station's weekend morning newscast, handling a range of local stories that required on-the-ground fact-gathering and live delivery under tight deadlines.[17][18] This role, spanning roughly three years in the mid-1990s, provided foundational experience in smaller-market journalism, where resources were limited and reporters often managed multiple aspects of production from scripting to editing. Snow later recounted challenges such as fumbling lines during her initial anchoring shift, illustrating the iterative process of building on-camera poise and accuracy through direct exposure to errors and corrections in a less forgiving local environment.[19][20] The KOAT tenure emphasized practical skill development over polished narratives, as Snow covered routine events like community issues and breaking incidents, fostering competence in verifiable reporting amid the trial-and-error demands of regional outlets. This phase preceded her move to national cable news, marking a progression from localized, hands-on work to broader assignments.[21]Tenure at ABC News
Kate Snow joined ABC News in July 2003 as the White House correspondent for Good Morning America.[22] In this role, she reported on domestic and international political developments from Washington, D.C., including aspects of President George W. Bush's administration.[22] In the summer of 2004, Snow relocated to New York City to co-anchor the weekend edition of Good Morning America, a position she held until 2010.[22] During this period, she contributed to coverage of major events, such as Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign and the aftermath of the January 2010 Haiti earthquake, where she served as one of ABC's on-the-ground reporters.[23] Her work on the weekend broadcast focused on general news segments, political analysis, and feature reporting, often integrating live updates and interviews.[24] Snow's tenure at ABC concluded in March 2010 when she departed to join NBC News as a Dateline NBC correspondent, citing the move as a professional opportunity to expand her investigative reporting scope amid network programming shifts.[25] This transition followed ABC's internal adjustments to Good Morning America's lineup, positioning her for a role emphasizing long-form journalism at NBC.[26]Transition to NBC News
On March 12, 2010, NBC News announced that Kate Snow would join the network as a correspondent for Dateline NBC, with her start scheduled for later that spring.[27] In this capacity, she assumed the role of national correspondent, tasked with contributing investigative reports to Dateline and providing coverage across NBC's broadcast platforms, including occasional fill-in anchoring for NBC Nightly News and the Today show.[22] The hiring followed Snow's departure from ABC News, where recent programming shifts, such as the expansion of Good Morning America, had prompted her exit.[26] NBC News President Steve Capus highlighted Snow's extensive reporting experience from ABC and CNN as a key factor in her selection, stating she would strengthen the network's journalistic depth.[27] This transition positioned Snow to leverage her background in weekend morning anchoring and field reporting to support Dateline's focus on long-form narratives, aligning with NBC's strategy to bolster its newsmagazine amid competitive pressures in prime-time investigative programming.[24] Over the ensuing years, Snow's responsibilities evolved within NBCUniversal properties; by September 2015, she expanded into regular anchoring duties on MSNBC, hosting MSNBC Live weekdays from 3 to 5 p.m. ET, which complemented her correspondent work and increased her on-air visibility during election cycles and major news events.[28] This progression reflected NBC's broader integration of talent across its cable and broadcast arms to maintain cohesive coverage.[29]