Geoffrey Robinson Bennett (born April 25, 1980[1]) is an American broadcast journalist and a co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour alongside Amna Nawaz.[2] He has worked as an editor, reporter and news anchor on radio, cable and broadcast television, and online.
Early life
Bennett grew up in Voorhees, New Jersey.[1][3] His father, Gary Bennett Sr., was a school administrator. His mother, Lynnca, taught kindergarten.[4] He has an older brother, Gary Bennett Jr.[5]
The internship led to his first job in journalism, an off-air production assistant at World News Tonight at ABC News in New York and then associate producer.[7][8]
In 2007, he joined NPR in Los Angeles as a digital producer and editor for News & Notes, and was regularly heard on-air.[9] He moved to Washington, D.C. in 2009 to be an editor at Weekend Edition.
In November 2021, while continuing to contribute to NBC and MSNBC, he started work as the chief Washington correspondent for the PBS NewsHour[12] and the anchor of PBS News Weekend.[13]
He and Amna Nawaz have been co-anchors of the PBS NewsHour since January 2023, when they replaced Judy Woodruff.[14]
In January 2023, he established a scholarship at his alma mater, Morehouse College, benefitting English and journalism majors.[15] In November 2023, Bennett joined the Board of Trustees of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.[16]
Personal life
He is married to Carolyn Elizabeth "Beth" Bennett née Perry.[4] They have one son and live in the Washington, D.C. area.[10]