Overview
- MS NOW promoted Ali Velshi to chief data reporter to deliver live polling and voting analysis on election nights.
- Velshi will assume the on-air election-night board responsibilities previously held by Steve Kornacki, who departed the channel last year to remain with NBC News and NBC Sports.
- He will continue hosting his weekend show Velshi, the Velshi Banned Book Club podcast, and the weekly It’s Happening with Velshi & Ruhle YouTube Live series.
- MS NOW president Rebecca Kutler praised Velshi’s ability to make complex data digestible and said he will guide audiences through information that shapes midterm and presidential outcomes.
- Velshi said he aims to steer viewers through primaries and major political moments with context, transparency, and a focus on facts, drawing on experience that includes roles at CNN and Al Jazeera America and work at MSNBC since 2016.