Margaret Larson
Margaret Larson (née Pelley; born February 24, 1958) is an American
broadcast journalist and
television presenter. Her most notable position was with
NBC News. She worked as a foreign
correspondent from 1990 to 1992 and news anchor from 1992 to 1994 on the ''
Today'' show, later returning as a correspondent for ''
Dateline NBC''. For her last decade in
journalism, she spent time volunteering with international aid organization
Mercy Corps and acting as a board member. After a brief stint at
KIRO-TV in Seattle as an anchor, she moved to
KING-TV in the mid-'90s. She left KING-TV to accept a full-time position as Vice President of Communications for Mercy Corps in 2002. Larson later left this position to become an independent contractor for international aid organizations in order to broaden her focus to Africa and
HIV/
AIDS issues. Larson has consulted with Mercy Corps,
World Vision,
Global Partnerships, and
PATH. In March 2010, she returned to KING-TV to host a one-hour lifestyle show, ''New Day Northwest,'' weekday mornings. Larson announced her retirement in early July 2020, with her last ''New Day Northwest'' episode broadcast on July 31, 2020.
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