Ron Mott

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Ron Mott
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Born
Kansas City, Kansas
CitizenshipUnited States
Education University of Missouri
Columbia University
OccupationTelevision journalist
Years active1999-2020

Ron Mott is an American television news correspondent. He formerly worked for NBC News, and was a regular contributor to Today , NBC Nightly News , and MSNBC.

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Early life and education

Ron Mott was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He graduated from Northeast (KCMO) High School. Mott earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Missouri and a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. [1]

Career

Mott began his television career as a news reporter and fill-in anchor for WVNY in Burlington, Vermont [2] and later KSHB in Kansas City, Missouri. He won a national Emmy Award for coverage of President Barack Obama's 2008 election, reporting from Africa. He's also received numerous Emmy nominations, including for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina. [3] He was an NBC News correspondent from May 2005-January 2020, and was based in Chicago, Boston and Atlanta. Mott also was an assistant at The Early Show/Saturday on CBS.

Mott covered two Olympic Games (Vancouver, 2010, and Rio, 2016) for NBC, as well as assignments across the world.

He's also worked for the Kansas City Star/Times, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Kansas City Chiefs, former Jack Nicklaus-owned Executive Sports International, KPMG, as well as advertising/publishing companies in New York City and the Palm Beaches, in Florida.

Mott also holds a private pilot's license.

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References

  1. "Ron Mott". NBC Nightly News. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. Stelter, Brian. "Ron Mott's Route To NBC News Reporter" . Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  3. "KOMU, The Columbia Missourian Win 12 Honors at the Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards". School of Journalism, University of Missouri. Retrieved 22 November 2015.