Editing Tom Brokaw (section)

=== 2004–2021: after ''Nightly News'' ===
[[File:TomBrokaw.jpg|thumb|Brokaw in 2006 speaking about the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]]]]
After leaving the anchor chair, Brokaw remained at NBC as Special Correspondent, providing periodic reports for ''Nightly News''. He served as an NBC analyst during the 2008 presidential election campaign<ref>{{cite web|url=http://insidecable.blogsome.com/?s=brokaw |title=Inside Cable News |work=Insidecable.blogsome.com |access-date=November 4, 2008}}</ref> and moderated the second presidential debate between [[Barack Obama]] and [[John McCain]] at [[Belmont University]]. He reported documentaries for the [[Discovery Channel]] and the [[History Channel]] and in 2006 delivered one of the eulogies during the [[Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford|state funeral of former President Gerald R. Ford]].

On June 13, 2008, when NBC interrupted its regular programming to announce the sudden death of NBC News Washington Bureau Chief and ''[[Meet the Press]]'' moderator [[Tim Russert]], Brokaw served as the announcer. A week later, NBC announced that Brokaw would serve as host of ''Meet the Press'' on an interim basis. He was succeeded by [[David Gregory (journalist)|David Gregory]] in December 2008.

Brokaw serves on the board of directors of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]], the [[International Rescue Committee]], and the [[Mayo Clinic]]. He is also a member of the [[Howard University]] School of Communications Board of Visitors and a trustee of the [[University of South Dakota]], the [[Norton Simon Museum]], the [[American Museum of Natural History]], and the [[International Rescue Committee]]. He also provides the voiceover for a [[University of Iowa]] advertisement that airs on television during [[Iowa Hawkeyes]] athletic events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juniorelitetri.com/the-university-of-iowa-tom-brokaw-and-because-each-student-and-young-with-their-research-should-alt.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514144206/http://www.juniorelitetri.com/the-university-of-iowa-tom-brokaw-and-because-each-student-and-young-with-their-research-should-alt.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 14, 2020 |title=The University of Iowa, Tom Brokaw, and because each student (and young) with their research should Alt |publisher=Online University |access-date=March 16, 2010}}</ref>

In 2011, Brokaw began hosting ''The Boys in the Hall'', a baseball documentary series for [[Fox Sports Net]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/sportsnewser/fox-sports-net-orders-the-boys-in-the-hall-baseball-series-hosted-by-tom-brokaw_b9678 |first=Alex |last=Weprin |date=May 25, 2011 |title=Fox Sports Net Orders 'The Boys in the Hall' Baseball Series, Hosted by Tom Brokaw |work=SportsnNwser|publisher=Media Bistro |access-date=July 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806091050/http://www.mediabistro.com/sportsnewser/fox-sports-net-orders-the-boys-in-the-hall-baseball-series-hosted-by-tom-brokaw_b9678 |archive-date=August 6, 2011}}</ref>

In December 2012, Brokaw starred in the [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]]'s annual Christmas concert, with live audiences of 84,000. The concert, titled ''[[Home for the Holidays (Mormon Tabernacle Choir album)|Home for the Holidays]]'', was nationally televised in December 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring Alfie Boe and Tom Brokaw |url=http://www.pbs.org/program/christmas-mormon-choir/ |website=pbs.org |publisher=Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) |access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref>

In April 2014, a new broadcast facility opened on the [[Universal Studios Hollywood]] lot, and named in Brokaw's honor as the Brokaw News Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newscaststudio.com/2014/04/29/nbc-names-l-a-facility-for-brokaw/|title=NBC names L.A. facility for Brokaw|work=NewscastStudio|date=April 29, 2014}}</ref> The facility houses [[KNBC-TV]], [[Telemundo]] owned-and-operated station [[KVEA]], and the Los Angeles bureau of [[NBC News]].

In November 2014, [[President Barack Obama]] presented Brokaw with the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], America's highest civilian honor. He received the honor with the citation, "The chronicler of the Greatest Generation...we celebrate him as one of our nation’s greatest journalists".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/campaign/medal-of-freedom|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=The Presidential Medal of Freedom|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>

On March 11, 2016, Brokaw gave one of the eulogies for former First Lady [[Nancy Reagan]] at her funeral. He spoke about his relationship with both the Reagans as a reporter and later anchor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nancy-reagan-honored-funeral-memories-laughter-tears-n536831|title=Nancy Reagan Honored at Funeral With Memories, Laughter and Tears|website=NBC News|date=March 12, 2016}}</ref>

On January 22, 2021, NBC announced Brokaw would retire after 55 years at the network, one of the few news anchors in the world who have spent the longest time on the same news network, along with [[Ecuadorian]] news anchor [[Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros]] who was on [[Ecuavisa]] for over 56 years from 1967 to May 2023.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="Brokaw Retirement"/>