Natalie Morales

About Natalie Morales

Natalie Leticia Morales (born June 6, 1972 in Taiwan), is an American television news journalist and became an official member of NBC News "The Today Show" in February 2006, after filling in since 2004. Morales co-anchors for the program and fills in regularly at the news desk. She has also filled in as anchor of weekend editions of NBC Nightly News. Previously, she was an anchor for MSNBC. Morales joined MSNBC as an anchor and correspondent in March 2002. She anchored until February 2006 and again in July 2007 as part of political coverage.

While at MSNBC and NBC News, Morales has anchored a number of major breaking news stories including the Battle for White House 2004; the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece; the Iraqi prisoner abuse; Operation Iraqi Freedom; the Shuttle Columbia explosion, the blackouts of 2003; the Washington D.C. area sniper shootings; and the Scott Peterson case. Additionally, she was named one of Hispanic Magazine’s Top Trendsetters of 2003 .

Prior to joining MSNBC, Morales served as a weekend anchor/reporter and morning co-anchor at WVIT-TV in Hartford, CT, where she reported on the Columbine shootings, Tropical Storm Floyd, Decision 2000 and the terrorist attacks on September 11. She also co-hosted and reported for the Emmy-nominated documentary, “Save Our Sound,” a joint production with WNBC-TV New York on preserving the Long Island Sound. Morales began her on-air career at News 12 – The Bronx, as the first morning anchor. Morales also served as cameraperson, editor and producer for News 12–The Bronx. In 1999, she was voted one of the 50 Most Influential Latinas for her news coverage and reports by the Hispanic daily newspaper El Diario La Prensa.