Newsman Brian Williams
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Praise
As anchor, Williams won praise for his informed, impassioned reporting. He reported from the Louisiana Superdome a day before Hurricane Katrina hit and was noticeably upset with FEMA director Michael Brown in a later interview. In this photo he delivers a stand-up from the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, shortly after 2007's deadly shooting rampage.