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Todd said in a memo to NBC News colleagues that Friday was his
last day. He'll continue doing his podcast and said he's
considering new projects, but offered no details.
He joined NBC News as political director in 2007 and was “Meet
the Press” moderator from 2014 to 2023, before giving way to
Kristen Welker. The role made him one of the more visible
journalists in Washington and, as such, an occasional target of
President Donald Trump and his supporters.
Todd was a leader in the on-air protest last year that scuttled
the hiring of former Republican Party chair Ronna McDaniel as an
NBC News contributor.
In his memo to colleagues, Todd said the news media has much
work to do in winning back the trust of consumers, “and I'm
convinced the best place to start is from the bottom up” with
entrepreneurship.
“National media can't win trust back without having a robust
partner locally and trying to game algorithms is no way to
inform and report,” he wrote. “People are craving community and
that's something national media or the major social media
companies can't do as well as local media.”
Reporting is key to winning back public support, he said. “If
you do this job seeking popularity, or to simply be an
activist," he said, “you are doing this job incorrectly.”
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