Kelly O’Donnell Biography
Kelly O’Donnell, is an American journalist. She works as a political reporter for NBC News, covering both the White House and Capitol Hill. She appears on NBC Nightly News, Today, Meet the Press, and MSNBC.
Age
Kelly was born on 17 May 1965, in Westlake, Ohio, United States of America. She is 59 years old as of May 2024.
Education
In 1987, O’Donnell earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Northwestern University[3], where she studied media and public policy.
Husband
She is happily married to her husband J. David Ake.
Career
In the 1990s, he worked as a reporter and anchor at WJW-TV in Cleveland, Ohio. During this time, O’Donnell worked with former NBC correspondent Martin Savidge when WJW was a CBS station in Cleveland. Beginning in 1994, O’Donnell worked as a reporter for NBC News in New York and Los Angeles, including several broadcasts. O’Donnell was a regular guest on The Chris Matthews Show until the show was cancelled. She worked as a news anchor and substitute anchor for the Weekly Daily News and the weekend Evening News. Dateline aired on the NBC news network. He worked as NBC News’ White House correspondent during George W. Bush’s second term;
O’Donnell has covered the Bush administration, Congress, and various presidential campaigns. In 2016, Hillary Clinton was the first live radio announcer to call Donald Trump to accept his presidential candidacy. During the Iraq War, he was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division and served in Baghdad and Qatar. Additionally, O’Donnell reported on a variety of events, including the September 11 attacks, the Columbia space shuttle disaster, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the O. Donnell affair. J. Simpson Trial. O’Donnell, Pope John II. He talked about John Paul’s pilgrimage and death. He also covered the Summer and Winter Olympics.
Awards
O’Donnell was honored into the Ohio Radio/Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame in 2011. She earned Northwestern University’s Alumnae Award in 2014 and the Alumni Merit Award in 2010. In 2017, O’Donnell received the Northwestern Alumni Medal, the highest distinction bestowed by the Northwestern Alumni Association.
She has garnered numerous prizes, including Emmys, a National Headliner award, the New Hampshire Primary Award for Political Reporting, and Los Angeles Press Club awards. In 2021, she was chosen president of the White House Correspondents’ Association from 2023 to 2022.
Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.