27 Facts About Tamron Hall

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In September 2019, Hall debuted her self-titled syndicated daytime talk show, which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award.

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In summer 2016, Investigation Discovery premiered the TV special Guns on Campus: Tamron Hall Investigates, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the tower shooting at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Tamron Hall's mother was an educator and her father was career military, serving in the US Army for three decades.

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Tamron Hall received her Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism from Temple University in 1992, after which she moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area to begin her broadcasting career.

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Tamron Hall first worked at KBTX in Bryan, Texas, as a general assignment reporter, then moved to KTVT in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1994, where she spent four more years as a general assignment reporter.

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Tamron Hall held several positions, including general assignment reporter, consumer reporter, and host of a three-hour program, Fox News in the Morning.

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Tamron Hall frequently reported on issues related to Chicago politics, and she covered many "breaking news" stories, including one of the most devastating Amtrak accidents in Illinois.

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In July 2007, Tamron Hall joined the national news network MSNBC and NBC News.

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Tamron Hall landed a one-on-one interview with Barack Obama before he announced his run for US President in 2008.

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At MSNBC, Tamron Hall served as a general reporter and fill-in anchor, first achieving prominence as a substitute anchor for Keith Olbermann on Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

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Tamron Hall then joined David Shuster as co-host of a two-hour program, The Big Picture, which premiered June 1,2009, and concluded January 29,2010.

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Tamron Hall anchored as a substitute for Natalie Morales, and anchored on the weekends.

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In 2010, hosted NewsNation with Tamron Hall, which included high-profile interviews and coverage of US, global and entertainment news.

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Tamron Hall encouraged viewers to express their opinions via social media on prominent, controversial news stories.

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Tamron Hall dedicates the series to her older sister, whose death was ruled a homicide in 2004 and remains unsolved.

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On February 24,2014, Tamron Hall premiered as co-anchor of Today's Take, becoming the first African American woman to co-anchor Today.

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In February 2017, after the network gave her Today co-hosting slot to Megyn Kelly, Tamron Hall opted out of her contract and decided to leave NBC rather than take a lesser role.

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On September 9,2019, Tamron Hall debuted her self-titled award-winning syndicated daytime talk show.

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In June 2020, Tamron Hall was honored with three Daytime Emmy nominations by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, with Hall's hosting win marking the first time since the award's inception in 2015 that a freshman host was the recipient of that honor.

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Tamron Hall was featured on a 2014 episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls where she and Bear Grylls hiked for two days in the Pink Cliffs of southwestern Utah.

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Tamron Hall made a guest appearance as herself on General Hospital on September 13,2019.

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Tamron Hall has been featured in several major news publications, including Ebony, Forbes, People, and The Huffington Post.

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Tamron Hall was the 2017 Honorary Muse in the Krewe of Muses parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

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Tamron Hall credited her personal experience with domestic violence for the drive to host Deadline: Crime.

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Tamron Hall did not decide to take action until years later.

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Tamron Hall chose to fight against domestic abuse, with the goal to create a PSA for schools and camps that would spread awareness of emotionally and physically abusive teenage relationships.

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Tamron Hall is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.