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Katherine Anne Couric was born on January 7, 1957, in Arlington, Virginia. Couric is the anchor of CBS Evening News. Many people believed that Katie Couric's sucess on the Today Show would follow her onto the Evening News, but the decline in viewership that started in the 1980s did not stop. Bob Schieffer, who preceded Katie, actually did see a modest rise in the evening news ratings. [1] [2] [3]
Personal
- 1975 Entered the University of Virginia.
- 1979 Graduated with honors from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in English.
- 1989 Married Jay Monahan.
- 1991 Her first daughter, Elinor was born.
- 1996 A second daughter, Caroline was born.
- 1998 Her husband of nine years died of colon cancer at the age of 42.
- 2000 Helped launch the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA).
Couric lives in New York with her two daughters.
Journalism Career
- 1979 Desk assistant at ABC News in Washington, D.C.
- 1980 Assignment editor at CNN. Couric later became an associate producer and producer of a news and information program.
- 1984 Reporter handling general assignments for WTVJ in Miami.
- 1987-1989 NBC Reporter at WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. During that time, she won an Emmy and an Associated Press Award.
- 1989 Pentagon correspondent for NBC News.
- 1990 National correspondent for Today.
- 1991-2006 Permanent cohost for Today.
- 1992 Contributing anchor for Dateline NBC.
- 2006 Anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, 60 Minutes correspondent and anchors CBS News primetime specials.
Liberal Bias
Couric has a history of favoring Democratic individuals:
- Couric Injects Silly Girl Talk in '60 Minutes' Interview with Clinton, Brent Baker, NewsBusters, February 11, 2008
- CBS's Couric Lauds John Edwards Liberal-Themed Campaign, Rich Noyes, NewsBusters, January 30, 2008
- Couric Encourages 'Humanized' Clinton to 'Reveal More of Yourself', Brent Baker, NewsBusters, January 10, 2008
Couric has a history of negative reporting on Republican / Conservative individuals and issues:
- CBS Incessantly Applies 'Conservative' Label: 44 Times in Two Hours, Brent Baker, NewsBusters, February 6, 2008
- Couric Pushes GOP Candidates, Not Dems, to Denounce Each Other, Brent Baker, NewsBusters, February 5, 2008
- CBS and ABC Falsely Describe Medicare Spending Hike as a Cut, Brent Baker, NewsBusters, February 4, 2008
- 'Evening News' Plays up Recessionary-Caused Unemployment, Jeff Poor, NewsBusters, January 24, 2008
- Couric Praises Media for Predicting Recession, Nathan Burchfiel, NewsBusters, January 23, 2008
- Couric Channeled Hillary But Challenges Romney to Denounce Giuliani's 'Character', Brent Baker, NewsBusters, December 11, 2007
Sources
- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/06/eveningnews/bios/main1781520.shtml Katie Couric, Anchor, Managing Editor of CBS Evening News; Correspondent, 60 Minutes - CBS News
- http://www.askmen.com/women/models_300/304c_katie_couric.html AskMen.com - Katie Couric pics - Biography
References
- ↑ www.mediabistro.com
- ↑ Ratings Raise TV News Sexism Questions, David Bauder, June 3, 2007.
- ↑ Katie Couric, One Year Later: Different Network, Same Old Liberal Skew, Rich Noyes, NewsBusters, September 4, 2007.
