Tom Brokaw is the author of seven bestsellers. A native of South Dakota, he graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in political science. He began his journalism career in Omaha and Atlanta before joining NBC News in 1966. Brokaw was the White House correspondent for NBC News during Watergate, and from 1976 to 1981 he anchored Today on NBC. From 1983 to 2008 he was the anchor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. He has won every major broadcast journalism award. In 2014 Brokaw was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.