Richard Lui

Who is Richard Lui?

Richard Lui is an American journalist and news anchor for MSNBC and NBC News. He was formerly at CNN Worldwide.

Lui’s enterprise reporting has focused on humanitarian issues including gender equality, human trafficking, and affordable housing. His charity work in the same spaces has led him to work with Plan International USA as a global ambassador for its Because I am a Girl campaign. He also is ambassador for the Epilepsy Foundation, and sits on the president’s council for America’s largest food source to the poor, Food Bank for New York City. Lui’s work and reporting on humanitarian issues spans 30 years and six continents. He has received civil rights awards from organizations including AAJA, WWAAC, and OCA.

Lui is a columnist, contributing to publications including USA Today, Politico, The Seattle Times, Detroit Free Press, and San Francisco Chronicle. His speaking spans six continents and some 200 events in the last several years. Twitter Counter places his following in the top 1%.

Lui anchors Early Today on NBC and is dayside anchor for MSNBC at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.