PRESS RELEASE from NBC News
NBC NEWS &
TELEMUNDO ANNOUNCE DECISION 2012 COVERAGE FOR REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
“Meet
the
Press,”
“Today,” “NBC Nightly News,” NBCNews.com, theGrio.com, and
NBCLatino.com to Provide Wide-Ranging Coverage On Air and Online
Brian
Williams
to Anchor Network Primetime Broadcasts
José
Díaz-Balart
to Lead Coverage Across All Platforms of Telemundo
News
NEW YORK -- August 20, 2012 -- NBC News, America’s most watched
news
organization, will provide viewers with extensive, in-depth coverage of
the national party conventions, including on-the-ground reporting and
analysis from NBC’s trusted anchors and correspondents.
Online,
NBC News Digital will provide a robust offering of text, video, and
social reporting across its wide array of platforms. NBCNews.com will
feature full on-site coverage, including breaking stories, live
gavel-to-gavel streaming for both conventions, exclusive NBC News
videos, interactive tools, and social sentiment analysis, leveraging
its political hub, NBCPolitics.com and the NBCPolitics app for iPad.
Telemundo
News will offer comprehensive coverage of the Republican and Democratic
National Conventions with a focus on the issues that impact the
Hispanic community.
On cable, MSNBC will provide 20 hours of live coverage each day of both
conventions. Details here: http://bit.ly/SJcqWD
NBC NEWS
Republican National Convention
* David Gregory will moderate
“Meet the Press” from
Tampa on Sunday, August 26.
* Matt Lauer will co-anchor split editions of
“Today”
from Tampa beginning Wednesday, August 28, while Savannah Guthrie
co-anchors from New York.
* Brian Williams will anchor
“NBC Nightly News” from
the Tampa Bay Times Forum Monday, August 27 - Thursday, August 31.
* Brian Williams will anchor
NBC News primetime coverage from
10-11pm
ET / 7-8pm PT on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
* Tom Brokaw, who has covered every presidential election since 1968,
will contribute across all platforms from Tampa.
*
Also reporting from Tampa throughout the convention, in addition to
Williams, Gregory, Lauer, Brokaw, and NBC News Political Director Chuck
Todd: correspondents Andrea Mitchell, Peter Alexander, Ron Mott, Kelly
O’Donnell, John Yang, and Luke Russert; senior political editor Mark
Murray; and campaign embeds Garrett Haake, Alex Moe, Jamie Novogrod,
and Andrew Rafferty.
Democratic National Convention
* David Gregory will moderate
“Meet the Press” from
Washington, DC on Sunday, September 2, before traveling to Charlotte
for convention coverage.
* Savannah Guthrie will co-anchor split editions of
“Today” from
Charlotte
beginning Wednesday, September 5, while Matt Lauer co-anchors
from New York.
* Brian Williams will anchor
“NBC Nightly News” from
the Time Warner Cable Arena on Tuesday and Wednesday, and from the Bank
of America Stadium on Thursday.
* Brian Williams will anchor
NBC News primetime coverage from
10-11pm
ET / 7-8pm PT on Tuesday and from 9-11pm ET / 6-8pm PT on
Thursday.
* Tom Brokaw, who has covered every presidential election since 1968,
will contribute across all platforms from Charlotte.
*
Also reporting from Charlotte throughout the convention, in addition to
Williams, Gregory, Guthrie, Brokaw, and NBC News Political Director
Chuck Todd: correspondents Andrea Mitchell, Kristen Welker, and Ron
Allen; senior political editor Mark Murray; and campaign embeds Carrie
Dann, Jamie Novogrod, and Andrew Rafferty.
TELEMUNDO
* José Díaz-Balart will lead Telemundo News’ coverage,
anchoring live broadcasts of
“Noticiero Telemundo” (6:30pm
ET/PT,
5:30pm CT) from each convention, four
special editions
of “Noticiero Telemundo”
recapping the day’s most important events including the nominating and
acceptance speeches by candidates of both parties (August 29-30 and
September 5-6 at 11:35pm ET/PT, 10:35pm CT), and regular reports
throughout the network's morning show
“Un nuevo día”
(7am ET/PT, 6am CT) and its daily news magazine
“Al Rojo Vivo
con María Celeste” (5pm ET/PT, 4pm CT).
*
In addition, the network will offer in-depth analysis and interviews
with opinion leaders and political experts directly from the
conventions on its Sunday public affairs show
“Enfoque con
José Díaz-Balart” (August 26 and September 2 at
12pm ET/PT, 11am CT).
NBC NEWS DIGITAL
NBCNews.com
*
NBCNews.com will provide wall-to-wall coverage of both conventions,
including multimedia updates and reporting from teams on the ground in
Tampa and Charlotte. NBC News will also live stream each convention
from opening to close, including the network’s primetime coverage each
night.
* The site’s political destination, NBCPolitics.com, will
serve as convention central— sourcing the latest news and analysis from
NBC News' First Read blog, social media updates from NBC's political
team, as well as host the live video streams from both conventions.
This experience can also be found of the NBCPolitics app for iPad.
*
NBCPolitics.com will also feature real-time social sentiment analysis,
using Crimson Hexagon technology, to measure public reaction on
Facebook and Twitter—gauging the volume of reaction, breaking down the
negative and positive sentiment, and tracking the topics that are the
biggest drivers of that sentiment. Appearing in graphic form, this
information will be paired with text analysis that will be updated on a
continual basis by the network’s political team.
Social Media
*
NBC News will host a series of Google+ hangouts with the network’s
correspondents on the ground in both Tampa and Charlotte, and
participants around the country.
* The team will also host a Storify page culling the best social
content coming from the conventions.
*
On Twitter, the NBC News team will be live tweeting from @NBCPolitics,
@NBCNews and @NBCFirstRead, with a special focus on key speeches.
Follow NBC News' coverage on Twitter using the following hashtags:
#NBCPolitics, #Decision2012, #RNC2012 and #DNC2012. The NBC News live
stream can also be found on Twitter.
* On Facebook, NBC News will live-stream key speeches and share the
best photos from the conventions.
*
TV viewers can also check in to primetime coverage and gain access to
additional NBC News content using GetGlue and Foursquare.
theGrio.com
*
theGrio.com will provide full coverage of both nominating conventions,
including text and video packages highlighting important stories and
events impacting black voters.
* theGrio will live stream TV One’s on-air convention coverage, which
will be produced by NBC News.
*
In Tampa, theGrio team will include managing editor Joy-Ann Reid, NBC
News Correspondent Mara Schiavocampo, and theGrio video reporter Todd
Johnson. theGrio’s political editor, Perry Bacon, will cover the
politics of the convention from Washington. Reporting will highlight
the black Republican presence at the convention and will include
interviews with key black GOP leaders, including former RNC chairman
Michael Steele, and black RNC delegates.
* In Charlotte, theGrio's
coverage will include a look at the Democrats who could be the next
black presidential candidate, the celebrity presence in Charlotte, and
what Democrats are doing to combat voter ID laws, shortened early vote
periods, and other potential impediments to getting their voters to the
polls. The team on the ground in Charlotte will include Perry Bacon,
Joy-Ann Reid, Mara Schiavocampo and Todd Johnson.
NBCLatino.com
*
NBCLatino.com's political reporter, Sandra Lilley, will cover both
conventions for the website. Lilley will post daily reports for
NBCLatino.com, as well as blog her experience and provide coverage
using Twitter. Her reporting will also be translated into Spanish and
be shared with Telemundo’s digital news platforms. Lilley will join
Telemundo’s Jose Diaz-Balart in a NBC News Google+ hangout focused on
the Latino Vote on Tuesday, September 4, at 2:00 pm ET.
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