Tamron Hall

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Tamron Hall (born in 1970 in Luling, Texas) is currently a dayside anchor for MSNBC.

Before she joined MSNBC, she worked at WFLD-TV in Chicago from 1997 to 2007. During her stint there, she held a number of positions including general assignment reporter, consumer reporter, and most recently, host of the three-hour “Fox News in the Morning” program. She also anchored the weekday mornings and served as a noon anchor. Hall also covered several breaking news stories including one of Amtrak’s most devastating accidents in Illinois and she secured a one-on-one interview with Sen. Barack Obama shortly before he announced his run for the presidency. Hall was nominated for an Emmy for her consumer report segment, “The Bottom Line,” which she launched in 1999. Before joining WFLD, Hall spent four years as a general assignment reporter at KTVT in Dallas, Texas. She began her broadcasting career at KBTX --in Bryan, Texas--as a general assignment reporter.

Hall received a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism from Temple University. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. Hall is also very involved in charitable organizations that help women fight abuse and organizations that work to end illiteracy. Hall is a native of Luling, Texas.