'Today' co-anchor Savannah Guthrie puts her faith on the line in a new book
Every TV news anchor needs a high level of authority and confidence to succeed, making expressions of self-doubt a rarity. But Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of NBC's "Today" since 2012, has never been shy about asking for help.
Guthrie, 52, has long relied on prayer to navigate challenges or setbacks in her life, such as the death of her father when she was a teenager and a brief failed marriage in her mid-30s. She admits she turned to faith during her career ascent to the anchor desk at "Today," which was fraught due to longtime viewers' anger over the treatment of her predecessor Ann Curry. And she still looks for spiritual guidance to get her through tough assignments.
Years of Bible study and growing up in a
