- Luke Russert
Luke Russert (born
August 22 ,1985 ) is an American television and radio personality, and the son of the late broadcast journalistTim Russert . He has co-hosted a sports talk program onXM radio withJames Carville . While in college, he worked for theESPN program "Pardon the Interruption ". [ [http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelbio.xmc?ch=144 XM Biographies] ]Russert graduated from the St. Albans School in
Washington, D.C. in 2004. [cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061702644.html |title=At St. Albans, Bidding Russert Farewell - washingtonpost.com |date=2008-06-18 |accessdate=2008-09-13 |publisher=Washington Post ] In 2008, following his graduation fromBoston College and the subsequent death of his father, Russert was contracted byNBC News as a correspondent covering youth issues in the 2008 presidential election. He has been assigned to cover the Democratic and Republican conventions. [ [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/07/31/2008-07-31_nbc_news_hires_luke_russert_to_cover_rep.html "NBC News hires Luke Russert to cover Republican, Democratic Conventions"] , "Daily News", July 31, 2008. ] [ [http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/nbc-hires-luke-russert-as-a-correspondent/ "NBC Hires Luke Russert as a Correspondent"] , "New York Times ", July 31, 2008]During the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Luke was the only journalist to interview
Bill Clinton immediately after his speech to the DNC.References
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