Ed Schultz to anchor RT America


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Michelle Clancy

| 15 January 2016




Renowned US progressive political journalist Ed Schultz is joining RT America, beginning 25 January.



Schultz will host a prime time news programme, News with Ed Schultz, which will focus on exploring issues that most affect working Americans, particularly within the context of the upcoming US presidential election.

“Ed Schultz is one of the best known and well-respected progressive commentators in America,” said Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief at RT.
“With Ed helming a show, we are continuing the tradition of collaborating with top international journalistic talent that engages our audience by providing in-depth coverage, analysis and commentary on important but underreported issues to millions of US viewers.”

“I am very excited to be joining RT,” said Schultz. “The network is firmly established outside of US corporate media and is not afraid to give a platform to diverse voices, stories and perspectives to its viewers, even if it ruffles some mainstream feathers. I can’t think of a better fit than a news broadcaster that bullishly pursues issues that matter to hardworking Americans.”

Schultz’s broadcasting career spans more than two decades. Until recently, he hosted The Ed Show on MSNBC; the programme was consistently the second-highest rated show on the channel. Schultz has won three Eric Sevareid Awards, managed a broadcast team that won two Marconi Radio Awards and a Peabody Award, and has been named one of the top ten radio hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine for several years. He will work out of the RT America studios in Washington, DC.

Schultz is a graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead, where he achieved All-American status and led the nation in passing as a football quarterback.