Changes

===1981-2000===

===1981-2000===

Brokaw later stated that the transition from the role of [[White House]] correspondent to Today show host was difficult, because Today was less of a 'hard news' platform<ref>Interview with Today Show, 2004,  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6521696/</ref>.. Brokaw said that the best part of the job with Today was having the opportunity to travel.   Brokaw's job at Today lasted until NBC began looking for a new anchor to work with [[Roger Mudd]]. ABC was interested in Brokaw as their new news anchor and the two began to discuss options. NBC picked up Brokaw as Nightly News co-anchor in 1982. The co-broadcast did not work and NBC made Brokaw the sole anchor in 1983, the same year reporter [[Peter Jennings]] reclaimed the job as the anchor of ABC's Nightly News. The year before, Dan Rather had replaced [[Walter Cronkite]] as anchor of CBS News.  In 1982 Brokaw was the only anchor to report from the [[Berlin Wall]] when it came down. He also covered the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] in 1995, and later was the first to broadcast from the site of the [[TWA Flight 800]] crash<ref> http://www.usd.edu/extraordinary/brokaw.cfm</ref>. Brokaw wrote his first book in 1998, which became a best seller. In addition to his role as anchor at Nightly News, Brokaw also created some reports for [[60 Minutes]] and appeared in a nighttime news show with [[Katie Couric]] called "Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric."  

Brokaw later stated that the transition from the role of [[White House]] correspondent to Today show host was difficult, because Today was less of a 'hard news' platform<ref>Interview with Today Show, 2004,  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6521696/</ref>.. Brokaw said that the best part of the job with Today was having the opportunity to travel. Brokaw's job at Today lasted until NBC began looking for a new anchor to work with [[Roger Mudd]].NBC  hoped to bring back the success that NBC CO-anchors, [[David Berkley]] and [[Chet Huntley]], had brought with their top rated nightly news program, [[NBC Nightly News| ''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']].  ABC was interested in Brokaw as their new news anchor and the two began to discuss options. Brokaw was almost sure about working at ABC when NBC picked Brokaw as their new Nightly News co-anchor in 1982.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6628060/</ref> The co-broadcast did not work and NBC made Brokaw the sole anchor in 1983, the same year reporter [[Peter Jennings]] reclaimed the job as the anchor of ABC's Nightly News. The year before, Dan Rather had replaced [[Walter Cronkite]] as anchor of CBS News.  In 1982 Brokaw was the only anchor to report from the [[Berlin Wall]] when it came down. He also covered the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] in 1995, and later was the first to broadcast from the site of the [[TWA Flight 800]] crash<ref> http://www.usd.edu/extraordinary/brokaw.cfm</ref>. Brokaw wrote his first book in 1998, which became a best seller. In addition to his role as anchor at Nightly News, Brokaw also created some reports for [[60 Minutes]] and appeared in a nighttime news show with [[Katie Couric]] called "Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric."  

===2000-2007===

===2000-2007===