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Alex Witt
Born	(1961-04-09) April 9, 1961 (age 50) Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
Ethnicity	White
Education	Degree in journalism from University of Southern California
Occupation	Television anchor
Years active	1990–present

Alex Witt (born April 9, 1961 in Los Angeles, California)^[1] is an anchor for MSNBC.^[2] She joined the network in January 1999.

Professional

Alex Witt serves as anchor for Weekends with Alex Witt and contributing anchor for msnbc Live. Before joining MSNBC, Witt was a reporter at KCBA from 1990–1992 and WNYW-TV from 1996–1998. Before getting her first on-air job at KCBA, she was a producer for the Today Show in Burbank, California. She has also been with KCBS-TV, KNBC-TV, KABC-TV, each of which in communities adjacent to Los Angeles, California.

On November 11, 2008, Witt joined former congressman (and actor) Fred Grandy as co-host of the series Daily Cafe on Retirement Living TV.

Personal

She is a member of the band Mrs. Robinson,^[3] which performed on Imus in the Morning on November 16, 2006.^[4]

She is a mother of two and the daughter of Dr. Charles B. Witt, M.D., a noted thoracic surgeon in Los Angeles, California.

Witt has noted on-air that she is related to George Washington. She is a second cousin, seven generations removed to George Washington through Bailey Washington, a cousin and contemporary of President Washington. Witt is a member of the National Society of Washington Family Descendants.

Witt attended the University of Southern California, majoring in journalism and also Marlborough School for Girls in Los Angeles.

References

v t e MSNBC personalities

Daytime anchors	Martin Bashir • Lynn Berry • Tamron Hall • Chris Jansing • Richard Lui • Craig Melvin • Andrea Mitchell • Thomas Roberts • Chuck Todd • Alex Wagner • Alex Witt

Hosts	Mika Brzezinski • Willie Geist • Chris Hayes • Rachel Maddow • Chris Matthews • Lawrence O'Donnell • Dylan Ratigan • Joe Scarborough • Ed Schultz • Al Sharpton • Melissa Harris-Perry

Correspondents, commentators, and substitute hosts	Krystal Ball • Mike Barnicle • Jose Diaz-Balart • Richard Engel • Karen Finney • David Gregory • John Harwood • Courtney Hazlett • Bill Karins • Imogen Lloyd Webber • Matt Miller • Kelly O'Donnell • Ron Reagan • Milissa Rehberger • Luke Russert • Michael Smerconish • Nancy Snyderman • Touré • Pete Williams

Political analysts	Jonathan Alter • Michelle Bernard • Michael Eric Dyson • Howard Fineman • Harold Ford, Jr. • Mark Halperin • Mike Murphy • Ed Rendell • Eugene Robinson • Michael Steele • Sam Stein • David Weigel • Richard Wolffe

Legal analysts	Susan F. Filan • Jonathan Turley

Military analysts	Lt. Col. Rick Francona, (Ret.) • Col. Jack Jacobs, (Ret.) • Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, (Ret.), • Gen. Montgomery Meigs, (Ret.), • Clint Van Zandt Intelligence analyst

Persondata
Name	Witt, Alex
Alternative names
Short description	American journalist
Date of birth	April 9, 1961 (49 years old)
Place of birth	Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
Date of death
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