Who is Today show anchor Craig Melvin?
CRAIG Melvin has been the Todays show anchor since 2018. The journalist became a permanent co-host of Today Third Hour a year after being named anchor. Craig Melvin, 42, is an American journalist and anchor at NBC News and MSNBC. He hails from Columbia, South Carolina and got his start in journalism when he began working at NBC-affiliate WIS-TV. In 2008, he left WIS-TV and joined NBC's WRC-TV station in Washington, D.C., where he anchored the weekend evening newscasts. Melvin left that post three years later and landed a job at MSNBC as a daytime anchor while also contributing to NBC News as a reporter. 3 Craig Melvin has been an anchor on the Today Show since 2018 Credit: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via  He is also the author of Pops: Learning to Be a Son and a Father, which discusses fatherhood, addiction, resiliency. Melvin married ESPN reporter Lindsay Czarniak in October of 2011. The pair met while he worked at NBC4 after Czarniak had returned from covering the 2008 Summer Olympics. 3 Melvin married ESPN reporter Lindsay Czarniak Credit: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via  The pair hit it off immediately and reportedly bonded over their love of live music and Whatchamacallit candy bars. They kept their relationship a secret for a few months but opened up about their romance shortly after. Czarniak gave birth to their first child, Delano Melvin in 2014. In 2016, the couple had a baby girl named Sybil Ann. The couple called the baby Sibby -- short for sibling -- as a way for Delano to identify the unborn baby. Eventually, when she was born they fell in love with the name and it stuck, they confessed to People. Most read in Celebrity Exclusive KIM'S MAN PLAN Kim 'wants to date a powerful man' but hopes ex Kanye West 'moves on first' Live Blog READY FOR LIFTOFF Tayshia's ex Blake Moynes makes surprise appearance on Katie's season KOURT IT OUT! Melvin is reportedly worth $9million. The journalist earns an estimated $3million in salary from the Today Show.