His Alma matter is the University of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where he studied history courses and earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1966. He started his career in journalism in 1966 as a reporter for The Star Phoenix in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, before moving on to radio and then television. He was a reporter or anchor at local stations in Saskatchewan, Vancouver and Toronto After that he worked in a number of television anchor and reporting positions. He has been famous for a wide variety of stories on Dateline on NBC where he has covered stories, from 9/11 to Columbine, the peace process in the Middle East to tsunamis in the Far East. He also covered wars fought by child soldiers in Africa to the medical miracles that keep other children alive .Keith is also famous for his grandpa like story telling voice which makes his talk interesting.