Is Lester Holt Retiring? Why He’s Leaving ‘NBC Nightly News’
Image Credit: Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC Lester Holt, the first African-American solo anchor of a weekday network nightly newscast, is leaving NBC Nightly News. The 66-year-old will anchor his final broadcast this summer. The news came shortly after Joy Reid‘s show The ReidOut was canceled on MSNBC and amid a wave of departures by prominent journalists…