PERSON: Kristen Welker

Chief White House Correspondent

Kristen Welker was named NBC News White House Correspondent in December 2011. Welker has traveled domestically and internationally with President Obama, the First Lady, and Vice President Biden, including extensive coverage on the campaign trail during the 2012 election. Her reports appear across all platforms of NBC News, including “NBC Nightly News,” “Today,” “Meet the Press,” MSNBC, and NBCNews.com.<br> <br> Welker previously served as an NBC News network correspondent based in Burbank, Calif. She joined the broadcast network in 2010 from NBC’s Philadelphia owned and operated station, WCAU, where she anchored the NBC 10 weekend newscasts. Welker started at NBC 10 as a general assignment reporter in April 2005. Before her move to Philadelphia, Welker was a reporter and weekend morning anchor at WLNE-TV in Providence, R.I. Prior to that, she worked as an anchor and reporter at KRCR-TV in Redding, Calif. Early in her career, Welker worked as a researcher on NBC’s “Weekend Today,” and as an assistant producer for CBS Newspath.<br> <br> Welker, a native of Philadelphia, graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree cum laude in American History. She also studied Spanish in Madrid on a Rotary Scholarship. In 2008, Welker was nominated for two Mid-Atlantic Emmy awards. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.<br> <br> [Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen_Welker]