Reporting on itself: 'Today' keeps it low-key in covering search for Savannah Guthrie's mother

Savannah Guthrie gets top billing every weekday morning when the “Today” show introduces its cast. In an anguishing twist, the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother has made Guthrie herself the top story, too. NBC's morning show is reporting news that it is part of, a journalistic challenge made more acute by the conceit that this television format has long been built upon: The on-air team is a family, one that viewers are part of each day.