Geoff Bennett (journalist)

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Geoff Bennett
Born (1980-04-25) April 25, 1980 (age 43)
Education Morehouse College (BA, English)
Occupation(s)Broadcast journalist, editor, reporter, anchor
Known for PBS NewsHour, PBS News Weekend, NPR, NBC, MSNBC
SpouseBeth Bennett (m. 2010)
Children1
Relatives Gary Bennett (brother)

Geoffrey Robinson Bennett (born April 25, 1980 [1] ) is an American broadcast journalist and a co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour alongside Amna Nawaz. [2] He has worked as an editor, reporter and news anchor on radio, cable and broadcast television, and online.

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Early life

Bennett grew up in Voorhees, New Jersey. [1] [3] His father, Gary Bennett Sr., was a school administrator. His mother, Lynnca, taught kindergarten. [4] He has an older brother, Gary Bennett Jr. [5]

Career

Bennett graduated with honors from Morehouse College with a BA in English in 2002. [6] During his senior year, he pursued an internship at ABC News where he was mentored by Carole Simpson, then the weekend anchor of ABC World News Tonight . [7]

The internship led to his first job in journalism, an off-air production assistant at World News Tonight at ABC News in New York and then associate producer. [7] [8]

In 2007, he joined NPR in Los Angeles as a digital producer and editor for News & Notes , and was regularly heard on-air. [9] He moved to Washington, D.C. in 2009 to be an editor at Weekend Edition .

Starting in 2013, he reported on-camera from Washington, D.C., for NY1 News and other Time Warner Cable news channels. He was also a guest host of Washington Journal on C-SPAN. [10]

He returned to NPR in 2017 as an on-air reporter based in Washington, D.C., covering Congress and the White House. [8] [7]

In November 2017, he became a White House correspondent for NBC and substitute anchor for MSNBC. [10] In September, 2021, on the day that police and paramedics were indicted in the death of Elijah McClain, he choked up while reading the young African-American man's last words. [11]

In November 2021, while continuing to contribute to NBC and MSNBC, he started work as the chief Washington correspondent for the PBS NewsHour [12] and the anchor of PBS News Weekend . [13]

He and Amna Nawaz have been co-anchors of the PBS NewsHour since January 2023, when they replaced Judy Woodruff. [14]

In January 2023, he established a scholarship at his alma mater, Morehouse College, benefitting English and journalism majors. [15] In November 2023, Bennett joined the Board of Trustees of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. [16]

Personal life

He is married to Carolyn Elizabeth "Beth" Bennett née Perry. [4] They have one son and live in the Washington, D.C. area. [10]

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  6. ↑ "Geoff Bennett — Morehouse Alumni Association". Morehouse College National Alumni Association. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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  13. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (March 31, 2022). "Geoff Bennett Gets Ready to Launch a Retooled 'PBS News Weekend'". Variety . Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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  15. ↑ Mwachiro, Mark (January 25, 2023). "PBS NewsHour Anchor Geoff Bennett Establishes Scholarship at Morehouse Colleg". TVNewser.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ↑ Staff, WYDaily (November 29, 2023). "Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Announces New Board Members". WYDaily.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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