19 Facts About Keir Simmons

Keir Simmons has been the chief international correspondent for the NBC morning show Today since December 2018.

Keir Simmons appears regularly on the evening broadcast NBC Nightly News, and fills in as an anchor on MSNBC.

From August 2012 until December 2018, Simmons was a foreign correspondent for NBC News.

Keir Simmons was educated at Wellsway School, a state comprehensive school in the town of Keynsham in Somerset and St Brendans College, a state Catholic school, followed by Goldsmiths College, a constituent college of the University of London, where he earned a bachelor's degree.

Keir Simmons's sister is actress and health campaigner Mika Simmons.

Keir Simmons then moved into radio, joining ITN as a reporter for UK's Independent Radio News in 1996, before becoming a general reporter on its ITV News service in 1998.

Keir Simmons was one of the first journalists to cover the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

In 2010, Keir Simmons was the first to report that the UK government was paying millions of pounds in compensation to former prisoners of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

On 30 September 2010, ITV News announced that Keir Simmons would be appointed as the new UK Editor.

In 2011, Keir Simmons led ITV's coverage of the News International phone hacking scandal, breaking stories which included news of the arrest of key figures and the resignation of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson.

On 27 August 2012 Keir Simmons left ITN to join NBC News as a London-based foreign correspondent.

Keir Simmons reported for all platforms of NBC News, including Today, Nightly News, MSNBC, and NBCNews.

In December 2018, Keir Simmons was named Senior International Correspondent for The Today Show on NBC News.

Keir Simmons appears regularly on NBC Nightly News and as a fill-in anchor on MSNBC.

Keir Simmons interviewed Vladimir Putin in person in Moscow on 11 June 2021.

Keir Simmons interviewed the Japanese Prime Minister in person in Tokyo in July 2021.

Keir Simmons reported on the death of Queen Elizabeth on 8 September 2022.

Keir Simmons said he travelled to Crimea by train from Moscow on the Kerch Bridge.

In 2003, Keir Simmons was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award.