Craig Melvin is an American personality and a well-known broadcast journalist and presenter on NBC News Channel and also on MSNBC. Before turning to permanent employment in January 2019, he announced that he would be taking his position as news anchor on NBC’s Today, and in October of that year, he announced that he would be co-host of Today’s Third Hour.
Early life
Craig Melvin was born on May 20, 1979, and turned 43 in 2022. He grew up in Columbia, South Carolin, where he was raised his entire life by his loving and caring parents, named Lawrence and Betty Melvin. He grew up with two brothers — a younger named Ryan Melvin and an older half-brother named Rev. Lawrence Meadows, who died of colon cancer in 2020 at the age of 43.
In 1996, Craig was the first African American personality to be elected President of Key Club International. He attended Wofford College, where he received his bachelor’s degree in art, and then worked as a senior counselor for the Palmetto Boys State Program in South Carolina.
Craig Melvin career
Craig began his professional life in 1995 when he was first hired by WIS-TV, an NBC affiliate based in Columbia, South Carolina, where he joined the network as a high school student and served as Our Generation Reporter from 1995 to 2016 worked in 1997. After completing his college education, Craig returned to WIS-TV in July 2001 and began working as a news photographer and producer. He was later hired as a reporter for the station’s morning news team. During this time, he produced live coverage of Craig Cam. While in the same position, i.e., at WIS-TV, he was promoted to news anchor and got the job of weekend morning news show and weekend evening news show, and eventually progressed to weekday news show.
While working at WIS-TV, Craig was given the opportunity to work on several series covering important issues affecting education and the homeless in Colombia, as well as many other major headline or news-related topics. He left WIS in July 2008 and joined NBC, based in Washington, DC, where he began hosting evening news programs on weekends. After three years, he began working for MSNBC at WRC-TV in July 2011 and was promoted to the position of daytime presenter while also working as a reporter for NBC News. From 2012 to 2016, Craig worked with many media outlets, including covering national conventions for MSNBC and as a presenter for them, covering the nightly news for TV One while working with NBC News.
Rise to Fame
He was among the talented reporters covering the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics for NBC in August 2016, and he hosted MSNBC Live that same year. In 2017, he hosted his true crime show titled Dateline: Secrets Uncovered, which premiered on Oxygen on July 21 of the same year. In 2018, Craig began working out of PyeongChang County to cover NBC’s coverage of the February Winter Olympics. After reporting, he was promoted to host the Today show in September of the same year. He also hosted the Today Third Hour show in October. In March 2022, Craig announced that he was leaving his MSNBC shows to fully focus on his reporting on another show called Today for NBC News.
Craig Melvin Biography | |
|---|---|
| Real name | Craig Delano Melvin |
| Date of birth | May 20, 1979 |
| Age | 46 years |
| Place of birth | Columbia, South Carolina, United States |
| profession | Channel |
| University | Wofford College |
| qualification | B.A |
Physical Statistics | |
| Height | in feet inches – 5′ 10” – in centimeters – 177 cm |
| weight | in kilograms – 85kg – in pounds – 187 pounds |
| hair colour | Black |
| eye color | dark brown |
Craig Melvin family | |
| Father | Lawrence Melvin |
| mother | Betty Melvin |
| sister | – |
| Brothers | Rev. Lawrence Meadows, Ryan Melvin |
relationship status | |
| Marital status | Married |
| Who is Craig Melvin’s wife? | Lindsay Czarniak |
| children | Two (Delano & Sybil Ann Melvin) |
Personal life
Craig Melvin is a happily married man known to reside in Connecticut with his small extended family, which includes a wife and two children. He is married to Lindsay Czarniak, who was recently revealed to be a Fox Sports presenter. The couple married in October 2011 after meeting on NBC4 after Lindsay Czarniak returned from her coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The two met, hit it off immediately, and reportedly began to develop a romantic relationship after finding their strong connection to music and Whatchamacallit candy bars. In the early days, the couple kept their relationship a secret and later revealed their romance to the public, and after three years, they tied the knot in Washington. Since their marriage, the couple has produced two children – Delano Melvin in 2014 and Sybil Ann in 2016.
Craig Melvin net worth
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Craig’s estimated net worth is around $9 million, which is combined with the net worth of his wife, Lindsay Czarniak, who is a Fox News Sports host.
Facts About Craig Melvin
- Craig Melvin is an Emmy-winning personality who got his baby daughter’s ears pierced. This showed his affection for his children and proved that without his children’s presence in his life, he had accomplished nothing.
- Craig Melvin is very close to his Today colleagues like family. Today’s people show their concern for each other together and often live flexibly and dynamically behind the scenes