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Katie Couric Bio
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Katie CouricTV anchor Katie Couric was born Katherine Anne Couric on January 7, 1957, in Arlington, Virginia. Katie was familiar with the media from a young age. Her father, John Martin Couric Jr., worked as a journalist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the United Press in Washington. After graduating from Yorktown High School in Arlington, Katie enrolled at the University of Virginia in 1975, graduating in 1979 with a degree in American studies. Katie was active in student life, working at the school's award-winning newspaper, The Cavalier Daily, and becoming a sorority sister.
Katie began her career in reporting as a desk assistant for the ABC News bureau in Washington, D.C., later landing a job at CNN as an assignment editor. In 1984, Katie was hired on as a general-assignment reporter with WTVJ in Miami, Florida. During the mid-80s, she also reported for WRC-TV, an NBC affiliate station in Washington, D.C., where her hard work earned her an Associated Press award as well as any Emmy.
In 1989, Katie worked as a reporter for NBC News. From 1989 to 1991, she filled in for such anchors as Bryant Gumbel, Jane Pauley, Deborah Norville, and Maria Shriver on the Today Show and the Sunday Today Show. In 1991, Katie became a regular yet temporary Today Show co-host, filling a maternity leave for Deborah Norville. In 1992, Katie began working as a collaborator at Dateline NBC, which regularly featured her reports and named her as a contributing anchor. Katie’s spot on Today turned permanent when Deborah Norville left the show to take care of her newborn.
Throughout the 90s, Couric worked on and hosted various news specials, including Everybody's Business: America's Children in 1995, Legend to Legend Night: A Celebrity Cavalcade in 1993, and Harry Potter: Behind the Magic in 1999. Katie has also co-hosted the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games beginning with the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Katie has interviewed many prominent figures over the years, including President Bill Clinton, President George H W Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush, John Ramsey and his wife Patsy Ramsey, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, OJ Simpson, Jennifer Willlbanks (the Runaway Bride), Tony Blair, Senator Hillary Clinton, Harry Potter author J K Rowling, and First Lady Laura Bush. She also gave John F Kennedy Jr. his final interview before he died tragically in a 1999 plane crash.
On the big screen, Katie has lent her voice to news reporter Katie Current in the U.S. version of the film Shark Tale (2004). She also made a cameo appearance as a prison guard in Austin Powers in Goldmember in 2002 and guest-starred as herself on NBC’s Will & Grace in 2002.
In 1989, Katie married Jay Monahan. The couple had their first daughter, Elinor Tully Monahan, on July 23, 1991. Their second daughter, Caroline Couric Monahan, was born on January 5, 1996.
In 1998, Katie’s husband Jay died of colon cancer at the age of forty-two. Since then, Katie has been active in raising public awareness of colon cancer, undergoing a colonoscopy on-air in 2000. A 2003 study published by Archives of Internal Medicine indicated that Katie’s awareness efforts were effective in increasing colonoscopy use. In 2005, Katie had a mammogram on the Today Show to raise awareness of breast cancer during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
On April 5, 2006, Katie’s fifteenth anniversary as co-host of Today, she announced her departure from the show. CBS confirmed later that day that Katie would become the new anchor and managing editor of CBS’s Evening News in September 2006. Katie is also expected to be contributing to 60 Minutes as well as anchoring primetime news specials for CBS. YUDDY |
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Katie Couric - Interviewed Bill Clinton |
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Katie Couric - Interviewed Laura Bush |
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Katie Couric - In 2005 Dan Rather gave his last news broadcast for CBS‚ then was succeeded by Bob Schieffer until Katie Couric took over. |
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