Ron Mott

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Ron Mott
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Born
Kansas City, Kansas
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationUniversity of Missouri
Columbia University
OccupationTelevision journalist
Years active1999-2020

Ron Mott is an American television news correspondent. He formerly worked for NBC News, and was a regular contributor to Today, NBC Nightly News, and MSNBC.

Early life and education[]

Ron Mott was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He graduated from Northeast (KCMO) High School. Mott earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Missouri and a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[1]

Career[]

Mott began his television career as a news reporter and fill-in anchor for WVNY in Burlington, Vermont[2] and later KSHB in Kansas City, Missouri. He won a national Emmy Award for coverage of President Barack Obama's 2008 election, reporting from Africa. He's also received numerous Emmy nominations, including for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina.[3] He was an NBC News correspondent from May 2005-January 2020, and was based in Chicago, Boston and Atlanta. Mott also was an assistant at The Early Show/Saturday on CBS.

Mott covered two Olympic Games (Vancouver, 2010, and Rio, 2016) for NBC, as well as assignments across the world.

He's also worked for the Kansas City Star/Times, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Kansas City Chiefs, former Jack Nicklaus-owned Executive Sports International, KPMG, as well as advertising/publishing companies in New York City and the Palm Beaches, in Florida.

Mott also holds a private pilot's license.

References[]

  1. ^ "Ron Mott". NBC Nightly News. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. ^ Stelter, Brian. "Ron Mott's Route To NBC News Reporter". Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  3. ^ "KOMU, The Columbia Missourian Win 12 Honors at the Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards". School of Journalism, University of Missouri. Retrieved 22 November 2015.

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