Savannah Sellers

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Savannah Sellers
Born
Education University of Colorado Boulder
OccupationJournalist
Employer NBC News
SpouseAlex Yaraghi (m. 2022)
AwardsEmmy Award Recipient; Gracie Award

Savannah Sellers is an American Emmy Award-winning journalist working at NBC News. She is the co-host of Morning News Now and Stay Tuned on NBC News Now and is also a correspondent across all NBC platforms. Her reports are seen on Today, NBC Nightly News, and NBC News Now. [1]

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Early life and education

Sellers graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder's School of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in Broadcast News and International Media. [2]

Career

Sellers began her career at NBC News in 2010, working as an assignment desk intern, reporting intern, production intern at MSNBC, and NBCUniversal's page program. She then worked as an executive assistant to the president of MSNBC. [3]

In 2016, Sellers was promoted to an on-air reporter for MSNBC in 2016. In 2017, Sellers became the host of NBC News' twice daily Snapchat show, 'Stay Tuned'. She continues to host to this day. [4]

She also conducted exclusive interviews with several students from Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School two weeks after its school shooting. [5]

In 2020, NBC News promoted Sellers and Joe Fryer to co-anchors of Morning News Now on its 24-hour streaming channel NBC News Now. [6] [7]

Awards and recognition

She was awarded the 2017 Annual News and Documentary Emmy awards for her work as a producer on the NBC Nightly News series: Hooked: America's Heroin Epidemic. [2] She also received a Gracie Award for online video host. [2]

Personal life

Sellers married Alex Yaraghi (an investment analyst) in 2022. [8]

References

  1. "NBC News Author Savannah Sellers". NBC News.
  2. 1 2 3 "Savannah Sellers". University of Colorado Boulder.
  3. Hutcheson, Susannah (July 17, 2018). "Journalist Savannah Sellers enjoying quick rise at NBC". USA Today.
  4. "NBC News launches 'Stay Tuned,' a Snapchat News Show". NBC News. July 19, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  5. Sellers, Savannah (February 28, 2018). "Parkland students return to school two weeks after shooting". NBC News. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  6. Spangler, Todd (October 5, 2020). "NBC News sets launch of morning show on 24-hour streaming service, after six-month COVID delay". Variety.
  7. Innes, Molly (December 28, 2021). "A day in the life of NBC News' youngest news anchor, Savannah Sellers". Business Insider.
  8. Hines, Ree. "NBC's Savannah Sellers is married! See dreamy photos of her Italian wedding". TODAY. September 29, 2022.