NBC Adds Peter Alexander To White House Beat

Peter Alexander has been named NBC White House Correspondent, joining Chuck Todd and Kristen Welker on the beat effective immediately. In addition, Chuck Todd will extend his tenure as NBC News political director and chief White House correspondent, as well as anchor of MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown, editor of NBCNews.com’s First Read blog, and frequent contributor to Meet the Press.

In his new role, Alexander will join Todd and Welker in covering the Obama administration for all platforms of NBC News, including NBC Nightly News, Today, Meet the Press, Rock Center, Dateline, MSNBC and NBCNews.com.

Alexander, who joined NBC in 2004, most recently led the network’s coverage of Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. Alexander’s reporting earned recognition as one of Politico’s “10 breakout reporters of 2012.”