Lester Holt is an award-winning journalist at NBC News. He is the anchor and managing editor of 'NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt,' the network's flagship broadcast, as well as the anchor of 'Dateline NBC.' Holt also anchors 'Nightly News: Kids Edition' and leads NBC News' special reports, breaking news and primetime political coverage. Named the 'most-trusted television news personality in America' by The Hollywood Reporter/Morning Consult poll, Holt became anchor of 'NBC Nightly News' in June 2015 after anchoring the weekend editions of 'NBC Nightly News' for eight years and co-anchoring 'Weekend TODAY' for 12 years. Holt has served as principal anchor of 'Dateline NBC' since September 2011 and joined NBC News in 2000. Holt has spent the past four decades in journalism and has reported and anchored from breaking news events across the globe. Holt has been recognized with numerous honors, including multiple Emmy Awards and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism award. In 2021, he was honored with the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement award. Two years prior in 2019, he was honored with the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism and in 2017, he received the Quinnipiac University's Fred Friendly First Amendment Award. In April 2016, Holt received several notable designations: he was featured on TIME's '100 Most Influential People' list and was named 'Journalist of the Year' by the National Association of Black Journalists.