Tom Llamas Biography – Tom Llamas Wiki
Tom Llamas is an American journalist who was the weekend anchor for World News Tonight on the American Broadcasting Company, from 2014 to 2021. On May 3, 2021, he officially joined NBC as Senior National Correspondent and anchor for NBC News Now, hosting Top Story with Tom Llamas, as well as an interim news anchor for Today. He has won multiple Emmy Awards for his reporting, as well as two Edward R. Murrow awards.
He started his career in broadcasting in 2000 with the NBC News Specials Unit and moved to MSNBC where he worked from 2000 to 2005 and covered mostly politics. After that, he moved to NBC’s WTVJ in Miami. He then moved to New York and joined WNBC and NBC News in 2009 as a general-assignment reporter.
In September 2014, he moved to ABC News as a New York-based correspondent and substituted for David Muir on ABC World News Tonight over the Christmas 2014 period. In 2015, he became the Sunday anchor of ABC World News Tonight. He became the sole weekend anchor in January 2017. Prior to that, he used to rotate with fellow anchor Cecilia Vega before she became a White House correspondent.
During the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign, he spent the year reporting on the Republican candidates. He criticized the use by Jeb Bush and Donald Trump of the term “anchor baby” and was called a “sleaze” by Trump after questioning him about the amount of money he had donated to charity.
In January 2021, it was reported that he would leave ABC News and return to NBC News. His last broadcast on ABC News was on January 31, 2021. In April 2021, it was announced that Llamas was named a senior national correspondent for NBC News and will anchor a primetime newscast for NBC News Now.
He has won several awards including an Emmy Award for “Best Anchor” and “Best Hard News Story” and a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for WNBC-TV’s coverage of Hurricane Sandy. His first Emmy was awarded in 2008 for his reporting as the first TV journalist to work on a human smuggling interdiction at sea with the U.S. Coast Guard. He won an Emmy Award in 2013 for his coverage of Hurricane Irene.
He attended The Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami. He is a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was a member of the LA Gamma chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He received bachelor’s degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Drama and Speech which he completed in May 2001.
Tom Llamas Age
He was born on July 2, 1979, in Miami, Florida, United States.
Tom Llamas Wife
He is married to his wife, Jennifer Llamas, a fellow journalist.
Tom Llamas Children
He has three children, two girls, and a boy.
Tom Llamas Nationality
He is of American nationality.
Tom Llamas Instagram
His Instagram handle is @llamasnbc.
