U.S. Election Talks

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Betsy Fischer Martin is an Emmy-winning journalist, TV executive and President of Fischer Martin Media.  Currently, she is the Contributing Editor for Washington for MORE Magazine, an Executive in Residence at American University's School of Public Affairs, and the co-host of Bloomberg Politics' MASTERS IN POLITICS Podcast.

Most recently she was the Senior Executive Producer and Managing Editor of NBC News Political Programming, where she was responsible for the development and execution of political coverage.  She provided editorial direction across all of the network’s shows and digital teams, as well as long-range political coverage.  Additionally, she created and executed coverage strategy for NBC News polls and research data.

Before being promoted to the executive role at NBC News in 2013, Fischer Martin was at the helm of the top-rated Sunday morning public affairs program and the longest running television program in the world, “Meet the Press,” for 11 years.  During this time, she oversaw all editorial content, guest-selection, strategic planning, production, marketing, special online programming, and financial decision-making for the program.

In her long tenure as Executive Producer, she produced in-depth interviews with top newsmakers, including U.S. presidents, cabinet officials, heads of state and presidential candidates. Additionally, she served as Tom Brokaw’s producer for NBC News’ coverage of the 2008 Presidential Election, including party conventions, debates, and election night.  In this capacity she also was Brokaw’s producer when he moderated one of the three general election debates between Obama and McCain.

Fischer Martin worked closely for 17 years with the late Tim Russert, producing his headline-making interviews for “Meet the Press” and also serving as his producer for NBC’s coverage of special events and four presidential elections, including the historic 2000 presidential election night and subsequent recount. She has participated in the U.S. Speakers Program before, most recently in 2015 as part of a virtual program on U.S. elections for U.S. Embassy Estonia.