Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw is an American television journalist and author who anchored NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. His reporting and books often focused on American history and public life.

Jane Pauley: Jane Pauley is an American television journalist who co-anchored NBC's Today and later hosted news programs. She worked alongside Brokaw on NBC's Today before he became an evening-news anchor.
NBC Nightly News: NBC Nightly News is NBC's flagship evening television news program. Brokaw anchored this broadcast for more than two decades.
American television news: American television news is the reporting and presentation of current events through U.S. broadcast and cable television. Brokaw's prominence grew within this national news system.
Yankton, South Dakota: Yankton is a city in southeastern South Dakota on the Missouri River. Brokaw grew up in Yankton, where his father worked on the Fort Randall Dam project.
Peter Jennings: Peter Jennings was a Canadian-American journalist who anchored ABC World News Tonight for more than two decades. Jennings was Brokaw's principal rival in the network evening-news era.
The Greatest Generation: The Greatest Generation is Tom Brokaw's 1998 book about Americans who came of age during the Great Depression and World War II. The book made his phrase for the wartime generation widely familiar.
Television news anchor: A television news anchor presents news programs and often represents a network's reporting to the public. Brokaw became one of the best-known examples of the network anchor role.
University of South Dakota: The University of South Dakota is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota. Brokaw attended the university before leaving to pursue broadcasting.
Dan Rather: Dan Rather is an American journalist who anchored the CBS Evening News from 1981 to 2005. Rather competed with Brokaw for viewers during the same decades.
The Today Show: The Today Show is NBC's morning television news and entertainment program, first broadcast in 1952. Brokaw co-hosted the program before moving to evening news.

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