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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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  • Prince William: Queen Elizabeth is a brilliant grandmother


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    Prince William thinks Queen Elizabeth has done a brilliant job as his grandmother. The 29-year-old admitted that he has always had a healthy respect for his grandparent because she juggled the task with her royal responsibilities well.
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  • Couric Interviews U.Va.’s Jay On Why Your 20s Matter


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    While U.Va. alumna Katie Couric was researching some themes for the commencement speech she gave on Grounds last Sunday, she stumbled on a new book, “The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter – And How to Make the Most of Them Now,” by clinical psychologist and Curry School of Education faculty member ...
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  • Katie Couric: Sarah Palin Has An ‘Open Invitation’ To Appear On My Talk Show


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    Former CBS and NBC News anchor Katie Couric has extended an “open invitation” to Fox News contributor ad former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin to appear on her upcoming daytime talk show. The Orlando Sentinel ‘s Hal Boedeker caught up with Couric as she made some publicity rounds in the ...
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  • Katie Couric Dons Her Best Hat for the Queen [Snap Judgment]


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    LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 22: Queen Elizabeth II meets American television journalist Katie Couric at the first Buckingham Palace garden party of the summer on May 22, 2012 in London, England. Around 8,000 guests attended the garden party hosted by the Queen, as temperatures in the capital soared. At least three ...
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  • Katie Couric throws down gauntlet and invites Sarah Palin for another interview. I suggest NOT holdiing our breath.


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    Courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel :   When Katie Couric starts her daytime show in the fall, she would love to interview Sarah Palin.  "She has an open invitation to come talk to me," Couric said during a stop Monday in Orlando. "Im not sure shed be interested, but shed certainly be welcome. Shes a fascinating ...
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  • It’s-All-About-ME Of The Day


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    How NOT to deliver a graduation speech
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  • Katie Couric: Gravitas is Latin for testicles


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    University of Virginia commencement speaker Katie Couric addresses critics of her tenure as CBS Evening News anchor:  "Some say I lacked gravitas, which I have since decided is Latin for testicles."  ( The Daily Progress ) (H/t Wash Post T he Reliable Source )
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  • Katie Couric’s talk show to air at 2 p.m. weekdays on WESH


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    Katie Couric speaks in New York earlier this month. Photo credit: Craig Barritt/Getty Images Katie Couric’s daytime talk show will air at 2 p.m. weekdays, WESH-Channel 2 announced Monday. WESH General Manager Jim Carter announced the scheduling as Couric came to town to promote her new show. We’ll have a ...
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  • Last Nights Parties: Avicii Lights Up The Electric Daisy Carnival, And The Great GoogaMooga Festival


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  • It’s Official: Josh Elliott and Lara Spencer to Anchor ‘Good Afternoon America’


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    As TVNewser reported back in April , Josh Elliott and Lara Spencer will anchor an early-afternoon spinoff of ABC’s “Good Morning America” called, appropriately, “Good Afternoon America.” ABC says Robin Roberts , Sam Champion and George Stephanopoulos will also appear on the program ...
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  • Couric’s Commencement Speech Now Online


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    In case you missed it yesterday, or were sitting too far away, here’s Katie Couric’s address from yesterday’s Final Exercises:
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  • Katie Couric: ‘Some said I lacked ‘gravitas,’ which I’ve since decided is Latin for ‘testicles.”


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    As TVNewser noted recently , this past weekend was a big one for college graduations, and with it, commencement speeches. At the University of Virginia, former NBC News and CBS news anchor Katie Couric was the speaker. The Daily Progress has details about Couric’s visit , including a quip she made about the ...
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  • Who is Ross Levinsohn?: Yahoo’s new salesman-in-chief


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    Ross Levinsohn, appointed Sunday as interim CEO, doesn’t have to learn Yahoo — he’s spent the last 18 months immersed in it. And he doesn’t have to learn digital media — from helping to create online sports powerhouses at CBS Sportsline and Fox, to building a $1 billion-plus digital portfolio for Rupert ...
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  • Brokaw’s Painfully Awkward Replies on BookTV


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    Tom Brokaw is on fire. In the hot seat today for trashing the White House Correspondents’ Dinner over the weekend for its infestation of Hollywood stars, Brokaw also managed responses to two long-winded, hothead listeners on C-SPAN’s BookTV Sunday. They demanded his thoughts on the lack of diversity in hosts of ...
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  • Kathie Lee and Hoda Get Work Done On Live TV


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    Morning news and medical procedures are clearly made for one another. Former “Today” anchor Katie Couric famously got a colonoscopy on the morning show with the cameras rolling, and this morning Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb decided to go one further. Each of them “got work done” live during ...
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  • # 11 – What Derek Predicts Today


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    You asked for it, you’re getting it: Three predictions a day from Derek Clontz, each to occur or have its greatest impact, he says, in the days, weeks and months after Dec. 21, 2012 – the date the “Mayan Calendar” … Continue reading →
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  • Katie Couric To Present Arianna Huffington With Elly Award


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    The Women’s Forum of New York will present The 2nd Annual Elly Awards Luncheon benefitting The Education Fund of The Women’s Forum on Friday, May 18 at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. The awards, named for The Women’s Forum founder Elinor Guggenheimer, will honor outstanding women leaders. The Elly Award ...
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  • The Morning Ticker: Couric, Varney, C-SPAN Touts


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    Katie Couric ‘s upcoming ABC talk show has launched on Twitter and Facebook. Couric relaunched her Facebook fan page to be focused on the show, and her staff has launched a new Twitter account @KatieShow , for the talk program. So far the pages have shared a number of behind the scenes photos about the show’s ...
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  • We Welcome This Emotional Life’s Facebook, Twitter Community


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    We’d like to extend a warm welcome to the nearly 25,000 members of This Emotional Life , the three-part television series that originally aired in early 2010. The series, a co-production of Vulcan Productions and the NOVA/WGBH Science Unit, explored ways people can improve their social relationships (Family, ...
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  • TEDMED: A New Day for Health Care Change


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    By Andre Blackman. If there is one thing that I learned from my very first experience at TEDMED , it’s that there are people who are finally not afraid to change things happening in the health care landscape. It’s become cool to talk about disruption and new concepts in the field that’s traditionally been an ...
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