Luke Russert was born to Tim Russert, who had served as a Moderator at Meet The Press and Maureen Orth, who has been a special Correspondent at Vanity Fair. He has gone to St. Albans School in Washington for his studies and he got his graduation done in the year 2004. In 2008, Luke attended the Boston College for his higher studies with a specialization in History and Communications. During the same year, he has also worked for Pardon the Interruption at ESPN.
He has hosted and co-hosted several programs in his lifetime. He has been a Guest Anchor for the popular show Andrea Mitchell Reports that airs at 12 p.m. ET and of the show Way Too Early that airs on only weekends at 5.30 pm on MSNBC. The talented anchor Luke does report for all major programs that airs on NBCNews.com, NBC Nightly News, and TODAY channels. In addition to this, Luke is well known for his anchoring for the show The Briefing airing on MSNBC.COM.
According to his biography, Luke was also a co-host of the popular show 60/20 sports that aired on XM Satellite channel with the co-host James Carville. Luke has an experience of covering news related to youth for NBC News channel as a Correspondent for the channel in 2008.He has an experience of serving as a Congressional Correspondent at NBC News, covering the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill. He got popular in 2010 after receiving an apology from Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel.
Later on, he started to report for NBC NEWS in 2011 where he has covered the news on Hurricane Irene. He has also aired on the NBC’s show Dateline where he investigated the most discussed murder case of Adrian Velazquez and tried to find out whether the mystery behind her murder was solved in an appropriate way and whether putting Velazquez in imprisonment for murdering her was a right decision. The episode was meaningful and hit the audiences. Later the episode got nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy award under the category of Best Report.
He was criticized by several for his attempt in the interference in a discussion that was held between the congressmen Steve Israel. Luke just wanted to make the audiences aware of a news that LeBron James would be signing with the Cleveland Cavaliers as a host for the popular show - Andrea Mitchell Reports. But this became in the news and he got criticism from several critics. The news went viral and became more aggressive as he was also criticized on the previous day for his comments on ‘Now With Alex Wagne’ related to a drug war issue at American Border.
Luke believes in contributing to charity and he supports several charity associations. He was recently in the news for his weight loss. It seems that he has worked on losing his weight. He is a member of the organization named as Buffalo Fan Alliance Board. His net worth is around $9 million and his take home salary is $500,000. He is active on social media sites like facebook, twitter, and Instagram.
Birth Date: | 22 Aug, 1985 |
Age: | 34 yrs |
Occupations: | Journalist |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Washington, D.C. |
Education: | Boston College |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | American journalist |
Twitter Id: | LukeRussert |
Net Worth 2021: | 9 million |