Alex Witt
Television news journalist
Alex Witt hosts the MSNBC show Weekends with Alex Witt on Saturdays and Sundays. Since joining the network in 1999, Alex has hosted across both dayside and primetime platforms, as well as reported from the field during Presidential election seasons and overseas. Alex contributes to NBC Nightly News, the Making a Difference series and Today.
In the wake of the September 11th terror attacks on America, Witt broadcasted from the World Trade Center and has continued to follow the war on terrorism in the Middle East and the War in Iraq. Alex is passionate about the issues of equality for women, education and gun control, and she welcomes those discussions on her broadcasts.
Witt moderated the discussion between Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum, and Mohamad Bazzi in Special Screening of “Letters from Baghdad” and Panel Discussion at The Common Good in 2018, and a Screening and Discussion on "Best of Enemies" with Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville, and Dick Cavett at The Common Good in 2015. She also introduced Patricia Duff at The American Spirit Awards 2015.
Twitter: @AlexWitt
