Chapter 3: The White House Beat: Savannah Guthrie’s rise to prominence as a White House correspondent for NBC News, covering the Obama administration and the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. A New Challenge in Washington Savannah left her job at KVOA in 2000 and moved to Washington, D.C., to pursue a law degree at Georgetown University. She graduated magna cum laude in 2002 and joined the prestigious law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, where she specialized in white-collar criminal defense and civil litigation. She worked as a lawyer for four years, but she never lost her passion for journalism. She said, “I loved being a lawyer, but I always missed being a journalist. I felt like I had unfinished business in that field. She decided
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She said, “I enjoyed working for Court TV because it allowed me to use both my journalism and law skills. Her work at Court TV caught the attention of NBC News, which offered her a job as a legal analyst and correspondent in September 2007. She accepted the offer and joined the network, where she contributed to all NBC News properties, including “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” “Today,” and MSNBC. Her first assignment at NBC News was to cover the 2008 presidential election, which was one of the most historic and exciting elections in American history. She traveled across the country, covering the campaigns of the candidates, the primaries and caucuses, the conventions, and the debates. She also interviewed some of the key players and influencers in the race, such as Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, John McCain, and Barack Obama. A Front-Row Seat to History Savannah’s impressive coverage of the 2008 election earned her a promotion to White House correspondent for NBC News in December 2008. She became one of the few journalists who had access to the White House and the president, and she reported on the policies, events, and controversies of the Obama
She said, “I enjoyed working for Court TV because it allowed me to use both my journalism and law skills. Her work at Court TV caught the attention of NBC News, which offered her a job as a legal analyst and correspondent in September 2007. She accepted the offer and joined the network, where she contributed to all NBC News properties, including “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” “Today,” and MSNBC. Her first assignment at NBC News was to cover the 2008 presidential election, which was one of the most historic and exciting elections in American history. She traveled across the country, covering the campaigns of the candidates, the primaries and caucuses, the conventions, and the debates. She also interviewed some of the key players and influencers in the race, such as Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, John McCain, and Barack Obama. A Front-Row Seat to History Savannah’s impressive coverage of the 2008 election earned her a promotion to White House correspondent for NBC News in December 2008. She became one of the few journalists who had access to the White House and the president, and she reported on the policies, events, and controversies of the Obama