Editing Lester Holt (section)

==Personal life==
Holt resides in Manhattan with his wife, Carol Hagen; they have two sons, Stefan and Cameron.<ref name=Meadows /> [[Stefan Holt]] graduated in 2009 from [[Pepperdine University]] and was the morning news anchor at NBC-owned [[WMAQ-TV]] in Chicago.<ref>[https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/nbc-5s-stefan-holt-rising-son-in-the-morning "NBC 5's Stefan Holt: Rising son in the morning"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807220313/https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/nbc-5s-stefan-holt-rising-son-in-the-morning |date=August 7, 2018 }}, ''Time Out Chicago'', February 13, 2012.</ref> In 2016, Stefan moved to the same floor as his father's ''Nightly News'' when joining [[WNBC]], and he eventually succeeded veteran [[Chuck Scarborough]] as anchor of the station's 11 p.m. news broadcast.<ref>{{cite news|title=WNBC anchor Chuck Scarborough leaving late-night job after 42 years for earlier shift|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/wnbc-anchor-chuck-scarborough-drops-late-night-gig-article-1.3289710|first=Don|last=Kaplan|website=nydailynews.com|publisher=[[New York Daily News]]|date=June 30, 2017|access-date=July 5, 2017|archive-date=June 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630182106/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/wnbc-anchor-chuck-scarborough-drops-late-night-gig-article-1.3289710|url-status=live}}</ref>  Stefan currently is the 10:00 pm anchor at WMAQ.

Lester Holt plays [[bass guitar]] and the upright bass<ref name="NY Daily News" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://allday.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/10/26/429447.aspx |title=Today's Anchor Chat: Lester Holt |last=Holt |first=Lester |date=October 26, 2007 |work=allDAY |publisher=NBC News |access-date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603042619/http://allday.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/10/26/429447.aspx |archive-date=June 3, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.makingmusicmag.com/features/09sept01.html |title=Features – Lester Holt |work=Making Music |access-date=February 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128042129/http://www.makingmusicmag.com/features/09sept01.html |archive-date=January 28, 2013 }}</ref> and performs in the band ''Rough Cuts'' composed mostly of video editors from ''Dateline NBC''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lester Holt, NBC News Anchor, Moonlights as a Rocker|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/style/lester-holt-nbc-nightly-news.html|last=Hicklin|first=Aaron|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 27, 2019|access-date=May 2, 2023|archive-date=May 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503043036/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/style/lester-holt-nbc-nightly-news.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Holt attends the Manhattan [[Churches of Christ|Church of Christ]] in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianchronicle.org/article/anchor-for-his-soul-lester-holt-reflects-on-faith-and-journalism |title=Anchor for his soul: Lester Holt reflects on faith and journalism | last=Ross | first=Bobby Jr. |date=January 2010 |work=Christian Chronicle |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724180656/http://www.christianchronicle.org/article2158968~Lester_Holt_reflects_on_faith_and_journalism |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>