Who is MSNBC’s Kyle Griffin? Here are facts you need to know

Kyle Griffin is an American television producer, who is best known for his work as a segment producer in the American television network, MSNBC. He gradually built his career from the ground up to earn the respect he is today. Learn more about him, his career, his sexual preferences and why his partner is famous.

Who is MSNBC’s Kyle Griffin?

Kyle Griffin is an American journalist and television producer, born to Janice L. Griffin and Harry P. Griffin on July 10, 1986 in New York, United States. His parents are both New Yorkers. His mother, Janice Griffin, is from Rensselaer, New York, while his father, Harry Griffin, is from Castleton-on-Hudson, New York. The media personality was raised in New York and he also studied there. Kyle graduated from the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York, where he majored in Communication and English. He also holds a master’s degree in strategic public relations from George Washington University.

Here are facts you should know about Kyle Griffin

Parents

Kyle’s father is a retired media marketing consultant from the Time Union, a daily newspaper in Albany. His mother, on the other hand, is a preschool teacher at the Small World Nursery School in Troy.

Kyle’s career

Griffin started as an assistant producer at WNYT, where he worked between 2006 and 2008, in New York. He then worked at MSNBC for 7 months in 2008 while still in college. He worked as an associate producer for 14 months at NBC News. Kyle researched, wrote and copied for NBC News.

From 2009 to 2012, Kyle Griffin worked as a producer for MSNBC, where he produced daily monologues for the Reverend Al Sharpton and also managed video content. He then moved to Australia in 2012 and started working for Yahoo!. He spent little time at the web service provider and he worked as an associate producer.

Griffin then worked as a freelancer for SevenRéseau, in Sydney, Australia. The television network is one of the top five free-to-air networks in Australia. He started working for the Sydney-based television network in 2012 and stayed with the network company for over two years. Kyle worked as a producer and was soon promoted to lead producer. He produced a feature for the segment, Today tonight. Griffin led a team of producers, as well as generating news segments and was also in charge of editorial content assignment during his time at Sevens Network. After three years working in Australia, he quit working for Seven Network in July 2015. He then returned to the United States at the

Upon his return to the United States and New York specifically, this veteran media personality made his return to MSNBC and took on the position of producer in one of MSNBC’s segments, The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell. MSNBC is an American pay-TV network that came about as a result of the merger between Microsoft and NBC. Its headquarters are located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. It has a host of sister channels like E!, Euro News, Sky News, NBC and many more.

Sexual preference

There is no news that Kyle Griffin is gay and he is married to an Australian Joel Meares. Kyle feels no guilt about his sexual choice and he has the support of his family and friends. This year he tweeted about his pride in being gay. His tweet read, “Happy Pride Month. I’m super gay.” He and his gay partner, Joel Meares, have been married since 2015. They got married at a restaurant called Lucas Confectionery in Troy, New York.

Kyle and his wife first met in 2009, through a mutual friend. Their first meeting place was at an Upper West Side bar where Griffin attempted to explain the rules of baseball to Meares.

His wife is a content editor/writer

Her husband, Joel Steven Meares, is an online content writer, editor and author, born in 1985 in Townsville (Australia), of StarlenaL. Meares and Danny S. Meares. His parents are both from Townsville, Australia. Joel graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia. He holds a master’s degree in journalism, which he obtained from Columbus University. He was National Online Content Editor at Time Out North America until he was promoted to Chief Global Editor of Time Out.

Joel is also a writer and he is the author of We’re All Gonna Die (Especially Me). He published the book in 2015.