Katie Couric

Katie Couric is a broadcast journalist, and one of the most recognizable and popular television news personalities.

Born January 7, 1957 in Arlington, Virginia she graduated from the University of Virginia in 1979 and became as a desk assistant at ABC News in Washington, D.C.  In 1980, Couric became an assignment editor, and for a short time a producer, at CNN. From 1984 through 1989 she worked at local affiliates, in Miami and Washington D.C. During that time, she won an Emmy and an Associated Press Award for her work. She joined NBC News in 1989, as national political correspondent, and became the permanent co-anchor of Today on April 5, 1991. Couric also did regular reports for Dateline NBC.

On September 5, 2006 she became the first solo female anchor of the weekday evening news on one of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks. She currently serves as the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News. CBS Evening News with Katie Couric was given the 2008 Edward R. Murrow Award for best newscast.

Katie Couric married John Paul Monahan in 1989, they had two daughters. After his death in 1998, due to colon cancer, she helped found the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance, (NCCRA).

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• Tim Graham on FNCs OReilly Factor: Desperation Leading Left to Trash Normal Americans

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 815
  Media Research Center Director of Media Analysis and NewsBusters Senior Editor Tim Graham was on FNCs The OReilly Factor on Wednesday to talk about Katie Courics concern that Americans were reacting to President Obamas left-wing agenda with "disrespect" and "anger." "It reminds me a lot of 1994. I mean, when ...
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• Review: Sarah Palin’s ‘Going Rogue’

  
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  On the “Tonight Show” recently, William Shatner dramatically read from the former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s new book. The scene made national news not because of Shatner’s comedic timing but because after he read from her book, Ms. Palin herself walked onstage and read dramatically from one ...
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• O’Reilly Factor Goes After Katie Couric

  
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  “Culture wars” are a common topic on the O’Reilly Factor , but rarely does it get so personal as to call out fellow news anchors — but not last night. Monica Crowley , subbing for host Bill O’Reilly , quickly reminded viewers why she’s so popular with her conservative base. Last night, she went after ...
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• MRC on TV: Tim Graham on The OReilly Factor Tonight

  
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  MRC director of media analysis Tim Graham will appear on tonights edition of The OReilly Factor with guest host Monica Crowley. The subject is Jeff Poors report on Katie Courics Facebook video outbursts. Why did Katie spice up a rather boring interview about chocolate chip cookies and watching "Glee" with her ...
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• Super Strength Robot Suit

  
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  "CBS News RAW": A robotic exoskeleton, developed by a Japanese company Originally developed to assist construction workers, the "Power Loader" may soon be giving humans super strength.
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• Notebook: Santa’s Helpers

  
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  During the recession, even Santas workshop had a rough year. A Colorado cabinet business was forced to cut back, so they started making doll houses for needy children. Katie Couric comments.
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• Getting Equal Protection Under the Law Is Totally Dependent on How Much Smarter Your Senator Is Than Harry Reid

  
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  It is amazing that Couric will defend anything a Democrat does. But to win me over she has got to do better than the Republicans do it too and it will get them reelected.
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• Couric on News of the Decade

  
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  Watch the video of Katie Courics live chat via Facebook. Couric talks about the biggest headlines of the decade, including 9/11, the Tiger Woods saga and the White House party crashers. Then, she gets personal.
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• What Oprah Should Have Asked Sarah Palin

  
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  In November 2009, the Queen of Talk Shows met the Queen of Excuses for an exclusive interview . Unfortunately, per usual Oprah Winfrey missed several opportunities to truly challenge the statements of a highly controversial guest. There were high hopes for a long - awaited interview that many were unsure ...
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• Couric: I Feel Like Right Now in Many Ways, We’re a Very Angry Nation

  
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  Angry, frustrated, troubled, disappointed, disgust, disrespect - words not normally associated with holiday season. However, they were words Katie Couric used to describe where she sees the mood of country right now. Couric, the anchor of the "CBS Evening News," in a live Facebook video chat on Dec. 22, took on ...
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• “News Alert”: Breaking World Financial News and Special Report, “Update”.: As a former candidate in the San Francisco Mayor’s race of November 2007, I seek to raise and payoff a personal outstanding loan to my campaign of $24,250.00.: Mail cash donations

  
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• Vicki Kennedy: Ted Kennedy Was Inspired by Obama

  
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• How Obama Captivated Ted Kennedy

  
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  Vicki Reggie Kennedy speaks with Katie Couric about how Barack Obamas Presidency meant so much to Senator Edward "Teddy" Kennedy.
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• Will Ted Kennedy Jr. Ever Run for Office?

  
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  Ted Kennedy Jr. tells Katie Couric his one condition for running for public office.
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• The Mediaite 50: Innovators And Influencers Who Shook Up 2009

  
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  The year 2009 had many media bright spots, break-out stars, dominating networks and game-changing technologies.  The Mediaite 50 collects the finest, most exemplary innovators and influencers of the year, defining a media moment in time and setting the agenda as we move forward. There were many significant and ...
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• Diane Sawyer, In A Word: Smooth

  
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  I’ve said this before, but Diane Sawyer is smooth. Her voice is smooth. Her hair is smooth. Her segues are smooth. She’s even smoother than a smoothie, because those often have seeds, and seeds would never dare sully the smoothness that is Diane Sawyer. So I am not at all surprised that last night’s ...
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• Diane Sawyer as ABC News Anchor: The Reviews Are In

  
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  Diane Sawyers first night as host of Disney Co.s ( DIS ) ABC World News Tonight was greeted by a lot of fanfare about how little fanfare greeted it. ABC "has been discreet rather than bombastic in unveiling Sawyers show," writes The Washington Post s ( WPO ) Tom Shales . David Hinckley of the New York Daily ...
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• Soundbite: At Least Now All The Evening News Anchors Are Attractive

  
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  “…Brian Williams has spent much of his tenure at “NBC Nightly News” as a young Turk competing against two older, avuncular and laid-back newsmen, Mr. Gibson and Bob Schieffer of CBS, who filled in after Mr. Rather left his post ahead of schedule. With Ms. Sawyer’s arrival, the three network anchors are ...
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• So what did you think of Diane Sawyers first night?

  
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  So Diane Sawyer took over for Charles Gibson last night on ABCs World News . I dont know how "important" her first episode was. Shes filled in on the show before and obviously wouldnt suddenly start yelling expletives or start drooling. She handled herself fine (though if I want to see a chick read the news I watch ...
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• Couric Touts How Most of Us Are Ready to Say Good Riddance to Past Decade

  
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  More than a year before the end of “the first decade of the 21st century,” Katie Couric on Monday night eagerly publicized a non-CBS News poll which, she relayed, found that “as we get ready to close the chapter on the first decade of the 21st century, most of us are ready to say good riddance. In a poll ...
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