NBC News Field Notes contributors

In Field Notes, NBC News reports on what’s happening in your neighborhood, your city or your state. The postings will shed light on news that doesn’t always make the headlines as well as offering analysis on the big and small stories of the day.

Regular contributors include NBC News correspondents, producers and other staff across the country. Read below to learn more about the journalists behind the blog.

Peter Alexander joined NBC News as a general assignment correspondent in the summer of 2004. Based in Los Angeles, Alexander has covered a variety of domestic and international stories for “NBC Nightly News” and “Today.” Click here to read Peter Alexander’s full bio.

Ron Allen is an NBC News correspondent based in New York. He recently returned to the United States after many years based in London, covering stories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia.  During more than 20 years of journalism, including a decade abroad, Allen has been a correspondent for reporting teams that have won numerous awards, including six Overseas Press Club Awards, four Emmys, two Robert F. Kennedy Awards, and a George Foster Peabody Award. Click here to read Ron Allen's full bio.

Robert Bazell is NBC News' Chief Science and Health Correspondent. His reports appear on "NBC Nightly News," "Today" and "Dateline NBC."

Bazell has won numerous awards for his reports, which number more than 3,500 to date. When he was awarded the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for distinguished achievement and meritorious service in broadcasting, the citation said Bazell's "reports have exemplified the best reporting on science and medicine. From transmission of the AIDS virus to innovations in cancer treatment, from the perceived dangers of cellular phones to alternative modes of health care, Mr. Bazell brings intelligence, understanding and reportorial excellence to the task. Robert Bazell is an outstanding television reporter who recognizes when to speak, when to listen and when to tell." Click here to read Robert Bazell’s full bio.

Kevin Corke was named NBC News Correspondent in 2004. Based in Washington D.C., Corke has covered a wide variety of news stories for “NBC Nightly News,” “Today,” MSNBC, NBC News’ 24-hour cable network and NBC’s cable business network CNBC. Corke has traveled extensively with the White House press corps, covering the Bush administration beginning with the 2004 presidential campaign.  From the White House north lawn to Crawford, Texas and dozens of cities and states in between, Corke has reported on many complex issues involving the president including his handling of the war on terror, the response to Hurricane Katrina and border security. Click here to read Kevin Corke's full bio.

Tom Costello is a Washington-based correspondent for NBC News. His reports appear on “Today,” “NBC Nightly News,” MSNBC and CNBC.

Prior to joining NBC News, Costello spent seven years at CNBC, most recently as the network's Senior Correspondent.

His assignments have taken him around the world: from the terrorist bombings in Madrid, to the Korean DMZ, the Persian Gulf, Japan, and across Europe. Click here to read Tom Costello's full bio.

Pat Dawson is an NBC News correspondent based in New York, a position he has held since August 1996. He was the first NBC News correspondent to report from the scene of the terror attacks at the World Trade Center, describing the fall of the twin towers live on the "Today" show. He continued to report from Ground Zero throughout September and October 2001. During the war on terrorism, he also covered the White House and the Pentagon for NBC and MSNBC. Click here to read Pat Dawson's full bio.

Lisa Daniels is a New-York based correspondent for NBC News. Her reports appear on "Today," "NBC Nightly News," and MSNBC, NBC News' 24-hour cable network.

Since joining NBC, Daniels has covered a wide range of stories, from the West Virginia Sago mine disaster to the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Daniels has also reported extensively on a number of legal stories including the Michael Jackson trial and the legal battle over Terri Schiavo's right to die. Click here to read Lisa Daniel's full bio.

Rehema Ellis joined NBC News as a general-assignment correspondent, based in New York, in December 1993. Her reports appear on "Today," "NBC Nightly News," and MSNBC, NBC News' 24-hour cable network. Click here to read Rehema Ellis' full bio.

David Gregory is NBC News Chief White House Correspondent, reporting regularly on the Bush presidency for "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Today," for NBC News' 24-hour cable network MSNBC and on MSNBC.com. In addition, Gregory often appears on "Hardball with Chris Matthews."

In the fall of 2005, Gregory began substituting regularly for Matt Lauer on “Today.”  He has served as substitute moderator on “Meet the Press,” and has been a substitute anchor for the weekend editions of “Nightly News” and “Today.” As a political commentator, Gregory is a frequent contributor on “Meet the Press” and the syndicated “Chris Matthews” show.

He has circled the globe, traveling with President Bush on every major foreign trip and to nearly every state in the nation during the presidential campaigns of 2000 and 2004. Click here to read David Gregory's full bio.

Michelle Kosinski is an NBC News correspondent. Kosinski has covered a variety of international and national stories for NBC News. She reported from Pakistan on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and in Europe has covered terrorist threats and attacks in London, Glasgow, and Germany. Kosinski also covered the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning case in London, the Virginia Tech shootings, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the Utah mine collapse.

George Lewis is one of NBC News' most-honored correspondents. The winner of three Emmys, the George Foster Peabody and Edward R. Murrow awards, he is no stranger to world crises. Lewis is based in Los Angeles. His current assignment includes coverage of the revolution in information technology.

Lewis began his career with NBC News as a war correspondent in Vietnam in 1970. He spent a year and a half there, returning in 1975 to cover the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese. He has been back four times since the end of the war to report on the legacy of Vietnam. Since then he covered the Iran hostage crisis, the first Gulf War, as well as the current war in Iraq. Click here to read George Lewis' complete bio.

Jim Miklaszewski is Chief Pentagon Correspondent for NBC News. On September 11, he was the first at the scene to report that the Pentagon had been attacked and has since led the network's coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Since joining NBC in 1985, Miklaszewski was a White House correspondent during the Clinton and Bush administrations, covering President Clinton's transition from Little Rock, his many trips abroad including Moscow and the Middle East and his reelection. He was also an NBC floor reporter at the Democratic and Republican conventions in 1996 and 2000. Click here to read Jim Miklaszewski's complete bio.

Andrea Mitchell is the Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News, a position she has held since November 1994.  She reports on evolving foreign policy issues in the United States and abroad for all NBC News broadcasts, including “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” “Today” and on both CNBC and MSNBC.

In addition to reporting on a variety of foreign affairs issues in 2004, Mitchell also covered the 2004 presidential campaign for NBC News and was a regular panelist on MSNBC’s “Hardball.” 

In September 2005, Mitchell's first book “Talking Back,” a memoir about her experiences as one of the first women to cover five presidents, Congress and foreign policy, was published. Click here to read Andrea Mitchell's complete bio.

Ron Mott was named NBC News correspondent in May 2005 and is based in Atlanta. Mott contributes regularly to “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” “Today,” MSNBC, CNBC, and NBC Mobile.

Mott has covered some of the most notable stories in the Southeast since joining the network, including Hurricane Katrina, for which he earned an Emmy nomination and a “Let’s Do It Better!” Award of Excellence from Columbia University for reporting on race and ethnicity; the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case; and a series of church arsons in Alabama. Click here to read Ron Mott's complete bio.

Lisa Myers is NBC News' Senior Investigative Correspondent. Her groundbreaking reports on the war on terror, politics, Iraq and corporate scandals such as Enron have triggered official investigations and altered the political landscape.  Myers can be seen on the top-rated  “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,”  “Today,” “Meet the Press,” MSNBC and CNBC.

After years of distinguished reporting as NBC's chief congressional correspondent, Myers was tapped in late 2002 to lead NBC's Investigative Unit. She and her team have since produced more than a hundred investigative stories on terrorism, politics and the billions in federal contracts flowing to Iraq. Click here to read Lisa Myer's complete bio.

Mark Potter is an NBC News correspondent based in Miami who in his more than 30-year journalism career has reported from all over the United States, as well as South America, Central America and the Caribbean, including Haiti and Cuba. Click here to read Mark Potter's full bio.

John Rutherford is an NBC News Producer based in Washington. He is a decorated Vietnam veteran who often reports on military affairs, especially American troops wounded and killed in Iraq and Afganistan.

Kerry Sanders has been NBC News Miami-based correspondent since 1996, covering news mainly in the South and throughout Latin America. Sanders has also covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan extensively – including numerous embeds with the U.S. Marine Corps in Iraq. Click here to read Kerry Sanders' full bio.

Martin Savidge is an NBC News correspondent based in Atlanta. Since joining NBC in 2004, Savidge has reported extentsively from New Orleans, both during Hurricane Katrina and on the city's ongoing recovery. Click here to read Martin Savidge's full bio.

Don Teague is an NBC News correspondent based in the network’s Dallas bureau. Since joining NBC in 2002, Teague has covered a wide range of stories, from Hurricanes along the Gulf coast, to wildfires in Southern California, riots across France, and the War in Iraq.  He also reports extensively on border, immigration, and religious issues. Click here to read Don Teague's full bio.

Kevin Tibbles is an NBC News correspondent based in the network's Chicago bureau since 2000. Tibbles has covered a wide variety of foreign and domestic stories, including reports from the rooftops of Baghdad and Belgrade during U.S. led air strikes, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the funeral of Princess Diana, genocide and exodus in Rwanda, and the Truth and Reconciliation hearings in South Africa. Click here to read Kevin Tibbles' full bio.

John Yang is an NBC News White House Correspondent. Click here to read John Yang's full bio.

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