Lester Holt, the anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News” for a decade, announced Monday that he is stepping down from the long-running broadcast at the beginning of the summer.

I know that to escape I need an anchor to tell me they are not real. Sometimes, my wife can hold my hand and guide me back. “ It is OK, honey. You are OK.” Then a howl in the night.

Lester Holt said Monday that he is stepping down as anchor of NBC Nightly News. He’s been in the post for the past decade. Holt, who also serves as managing editor of the broadcast, will ...