Lester Holt is leaving “NBC Nightly News.”
The journalist announced his departure Monday after a decade spent anchoring the show.
He reflected on his “amazing ride” in a letter to “Nightly” and “Dateline” staffers.
“A smile comes to my face when I think that with Nightly News, and Dateline, I have now anchored two of the most successful and iconic television news programs in broadcast history,” he wrote.
“As a 20-year-old radio reporter on the police beat chasing breaking news around San Francisco, I could never have imagined my career path would unfold in the way it has,” the anchor concluded.
While Holt did not specify the date of his departure, he is expected to step down in the beginning of summer.
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