Natalie Morales, Today show national correspondent and co-anchor of the show's fourth hour, will serve as the 2007-8 Jessica Savitch Distinguished Journalism Lecturer on Thursday, March 27.
Her lecture is free an open to the public and will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Park Hall Auditorium.
The annual Jessica Savitch Distinguished Lecture Series brings in a high-profile personality in the broadcast journalism profession to honor alumna Jessica Savitch.
About Natalie Morales
Natalie Morales joined Today as a national correspondent in February 2006 and was named co-anchor of the fourth hour of Today in August 2007. Morales also co-anchors for the program and fills in regularly at the news desk. Prior to joining Today, she was an anchor and correspondent at MSNBC since March 2002.
While working for Today and MSNBC, she has contributed to NBC News' coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino and the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, as well as several major breaking news stories, including Hurricane Katrina and the recovery efforts; the 2004 tsunami disaster in Asia; the death of Pope John Paul II; the battle for White House in 2004; the war in Iraq; and the Columbia space shuttle explosion.
Hispanic magazine named her one of the "Top Hispanics to Watch" in 2005 and one of the "Top Trendsetters" of 2003.
Prior to joining MSNBC, Morales spent three years at NBC's WVIT in Hartford, Connecticut, where she was the morning co-anchor and a correspondent until 2002. She also co-hosted and reported for the Emmy-nominated documentary, Save Our Sound, a joint production with WNBC (New York City) on preserving Long Island Sound.
Morales began her on-air career at News 12 in the Bronx, where she also shot, produced, and edited her own reports. Early in her career, she spent two years working behind the scenes at Court TV, and another two years in finance before making the jump to journalism.
Morales, who speaks Spanish and Portuguese, was born in Taiwan and spent much of the first 18 years of her life living overseas in Panama, Brazil, and Spain as an Air Force "brat."
She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Rutgers University, New Jersey, with dual majors in journalism and Latin American studies. Morales was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and son.
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