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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• Sarah on Oprah

  
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  Governor Sarah Palin was on Oprah today to kick off her the book tour for her first book, Going Rogue: An American Life .  It was the first time since at least college I’ve sat down to watch a show.  Some thoughts & highlights: There was no snubbing, that was something that was overblown by the media.  ...
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• Video: Sarah Palin-Oprah interview – 11/16/09

  
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  Sarah Palin talks 2008, Katie Couric, Levi Johnston, the media, and more…
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• Sarah Palin On Being Interviewed By "The Perky One"

  
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  In her interview with Oprah Winfrey which was broadcast on "The Oprah Show" Monday, Sarah Palin refers to Katie Couric as "The Perky One": Oprah : ...been in a situation where you leave and you say "I wish I had said something different." So when you finished that interview did you think, "I wish I had just named ...
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• The Book to Nowhere: Thanks, but No Thanks

  
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  From POLITICS DAILY : Republican Sen. John McCain, who lifted former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin out of obscurity to be his vice presidential partner last year, isn’t saying much about Palin’s new tell-all, blame-all book. But Steve Schmidt, who managed the campaign and is a chief target in the book, doesn’t ...
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• Notebook: 9/11 Trials

  
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  Katie Couric discusses both praise and criticisms over the decision to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged terrorists in New York City near Ground Zero.
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• Palin Came off Looking … Pretty Good

  
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  Well, it wasn’t exactly must-see TV—which was probably good news for both of the women involved as they work to rebuild (a public image in one case, ratings in the other). There was no Tom Cruise-esque couch-jumping moment. No one wept or cursed or called anyone an ignorant slut. Both gals were unfailingly polite. ...
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• Palin: Couric Interview Was Supposed To Be More Light-Hearted

  
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  In her interview with Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin said that she wasnt expecting her now-infamous sit-down with CBS News anchor Katie Couric to be difficult -- and that she didnt do preparation for what she thought would be a "light-hearted" sit-down between two working moms. "You do say that it wasnt your best ...
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• Palin Admits Annoyance in 2008 Interview with CBS’s Katie Couric, The Perky One

  
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  Sarah Palin, in an interview that is a part of the lead up to the Nov. 17 release of her new book "Going Rogue," appeared on Oprah Winfreys TV show on Nov. 16.  Aside from the questions about the campaign, she expressed her irritation with "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric, or as she referred to her - "the ...
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• Palin: Im A Lover Of Books And Magazines And Newspapers, And I Was Annoyed With Katie Couric

  
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  During her interview with Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin explained her infamous gaffe from the 2008 campaign, when Katie Couric asked what newspapers and magazines she reads, and Palin responded that she reads "all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years." And Palin said that she was ...
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• Sarah Palin to Oprah Winfrey: I dont think I was to blame for losing the race

  
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  The John McCain-Sarah Palin ticket lost the 2008 presidential campaign because "the economy tanked under a Republican administration" and "people were sincerely looking for change," Palin told Oprah Winfrey in an interview that aired this afternoon. "They did not want...
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• VIDEO: Palin Annoyed By Couric, Calls Her "The Perky One"

  
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  Sarah Palin talks about the interview she had with CBS Katie Couric. Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
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• Katie Couric Responds To Sarah Palin!

  
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  Were sure that Sarah Palin had hoped that adding in some stories with famous names attached in her new book, Going Rogue , would garner her some attention. Hard to sell a book these days that isnt filled with gossip or vampires! But, it seems that her mission has backfired as while she made have attempted to ...
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• Sarah Palin Refers to Levi Johnston as Ricky Hollywood

  
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  Former republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin went rogue with Oprah Winfrey , commenting on Levi Johnston s new-found fame, her time on the campaign trail with a pregnant teenage daughter and how she feels in hindsight about the infamous Kate Couric interview. Palin appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey ...
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• Is Sarah Palin Going Rogue or Just Going Crazy?

  
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   Sarah Palin gave Katie Couric the interview during the campaign because Katie Couric had “low self-esteem”? This is one of the claims Palin makes in her book. Palin contends “McCain campaign adviser Nicolle Wallace pushed for the now-famous Katie Couric interview because the CBS anchor needed a self-esteem ...
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• Why Isn’t The Media Criticizing Sarah Palin for Banning CBS?

  
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  by jmeasley Politicususa.com Remember the weeks of indigent outrage in both the right wing and mainstream media when the Obama administration said that Fox News is not a news organization? It turns out that Sarah Palin did a little blackballing of her own, when she banned CBS from covering her resignation ...
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• A media opportunity as Sarah Palin, aided by Oprah, goes to the mainstream

  
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  American readers will get to see Oprah Winfrey interview Sarah Palin today, in what is widely tipped to be a casual, feel-good special to promote the former governor’s book, Going Rogue .    Some media have tipped this as the launch of ‘Sarah Palin 2·0’, one who is now free from the Republican Party ...
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• @katiecouric: Sapphire

  
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  Katie Courics intelligent and sensitive interview of "Push" author Sapphire on the new film "Precious" InfiniteBodyhttp://infinitebody.blogspot.com
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• Social Attachment, Motherhood, and Mental Illness

  
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  In early 2010, PBS will broadcast a 3-part series on emotions called “The Emotional Life,” exploring ways to improve relationships, cope with emotional issues, and become more positive, resilient individuals. Hosted by Harvard psychologist and best-selling author Daniel Gilbert, the documentary weaves together ...
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• Going Rogue: An American Life Or An American Lie?

  
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  Goody gumdrops! Sarah Palin’s exciting new book of lies and half-truths hits the shelves next week, but for those who can’t wait ’til Tuesday to get their memoir on, fear not, excerpts are already trickling out from several news agencies and other sources who’ve decided to “Go Rogue” and release their ...
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• McCain Campaign Adviser pushes back on Palin book (Romneybot Nicolle Wallace alert)

  
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  A former top adviser and spokeswoman to John McCains 2008 presidential campaign is pushing back against comments reportedly made by Sarah Palin in her new book. Nicolle Wallace tells CNN that Palins account of an ill-fated interview with CBSs Katie Couric during the 2008 presidential campaign is not true. Original ...
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