Katie Couric Biography
Katie Couric is an award-winning television and online journalist, presenter, producer, and author from the United States. Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company, is her creation.
How old is Katie Couric? – Age
She is 66 years old as of 7 January 2023. She was born Katherine Anne Couric in 1957 in Arlington County, Virginia, United States.
Katie Couric Family
Couric is the daughter of Elinor Tullie (née Hene), a homemaker and part-time writer whose parents, Bert Hene and Clara L. Frohsin, were the children of Jewish immigrants from Germany, and John Martin Couric, Jr. (who had French, English, Scottish, and German ancestry), a public relations executive and news editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the United Press International.
Couric’s mother was Jewish, but she was raised in her father’s Presbyterian faith. Her sister Emily Couric, a Democratic state senator from Virginia, died of pancreatic cancer on October 18, 2001, at the age of 54. In a report for Today, she traced her patrilineal ancestry back to a French orphan who immigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century and became a cotton broker.
Is Katie Couric married? – Husband
In 1989, Couric married attorney John Paul “Jay” Monahan III. Her husband died of colorectal cancer in 1998, when he was 42 years old. After a two-year relationship, she became engaged to financier John Molner in September 2013. On June 21, 2014, Couric married Molner in a small, private ceremony at her home in The Hamptons.
Who are Katie Couric’s daughters?
Elinor “Ellie” Monahan, Couric’s first child, was born on July 23, 1991, and Caroline “Carrie” Monahan, her second daughter, was born in 1996. Ellie, a TV writer, proposed to her “beloved Jersey boy” Mark Dobrosky with the ring Monahan gave Couric in 2019.
What is Katie Couric’s Net Worth?
Couric has an estimated net worth of $100 million.
Katie Couric CNN – Career
Couric began her career at the ABC News bureau in Washington, D.C., before moving on to CNN as an assignment editor. From 1984 to 1986, she worked as a general assignment reporter for WTVJ in Miami, Florida. Couric joined NBC News in 1989 as Deputy Pentagon Correspondent and served as an anchor replacement from 1989 to 1991. She returned to NBC to co-host the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics with Mike Tirico, as well as provide additional Winter Olympic coverage and athlete interviews. During the opening ceremony, she incorrectly suggested that the Dutch use their skates like a normal mode of transportation during the winter, eliciting criticism and amusement from the US Embassy in the Netherlands and others.
Katie Couric joined Today as a substitute co-anchor in 1989 when Norville Norville went on maternity leave. She became the first solo female anchor of the “big three” weekday evening newscasts in 1994. She has conducted interviews with Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barbara Bush, as well as First Lady Barbara Bush. She announced on May 31, 2006, that she would be joining CBS to anchor the CBS Evening News, making her the first woman to do so.
Couric announced her departure from Today on April 5, 2006. On September 5, 2006, Couric made her debut as an anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. She has conducted interviews with presidents, cabinet members, celebrities, and business executives from all over the world. Couric received the Emmy Governor’s Award for her broadcasting career in 2009. Katie Couric announced in early 2011 that she would be leaving her CBS Evening News anchor position when her contract expired. On Thursday, May 19, 2011, Couric made her final CBS broadcast.
Couric worked as a correspondent for 60 Minutes, contributing six to eight stories per year. She was notable for being the first to interview pilot Chesley Sullenberger following the “Miracle on the Hudson” plane landing. For the show, she also interviewed Valerie Plame, Robert Gates, and Michelle Rhee. For her interviews with Sarah Palin, Katie Couric received the Walter Cronkite Award for Journalism Excellence. Couric served as the lead reporter for two CBS Reports series that aired on all CBS News platforms. The first series, “CBS Reports: Children of the Recession,” focused on the anguish of the Great Recession’s youngest victims. The second series featured veteran CBS News correspondents reporting on major issues confronting the United States in the coming decade, based on CBS News Polling Unit research.
With Diane Sawyer, Christiane Amanpour, Barbara Walters, Elizabeth Vargas, George Stephanopoulos, and Robin Roberts, Couric co-anchored coverage of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Couric also appeared as a guest co-host on The View and Live! with Regis and Kelly. Couric launched her newly annual special The Year with Katie Couric in 2011, which is a program that marks the end of the year and covers some of the year’s biggest newsmakers and news events. Katie Couric has been a part of the ABC News Division since her first season.
Christiane Amanpour, Deborah Roberts, Mike Boettcher, Matt Gutman, Richard Besser, Marci Gonzalez, Jim Avila, Dan Abrams, Josh Elliott, Brian Ross, Sam Champion, and Ginger Zee, as well as ABC World News anchors Diane Sawyer and David Muir, have all corresponded on Katie for major news events. Couric decided to end her contract at Yahoo! News in June 2017, after Verizon purchased Yahoo! and merged it with Oath, preferring to work with them on a “project basis” only while she expands her own production company.Couric was dubbed “America’s Sweetheart” for her 15-year stint as co-anchor of The Today Show. Couric guest-hosted The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 12, 2003, and had 45 percent more viewers than on other nights. She has appeared in Murphy Brown, Will & Grace, and Pawn Stars, among other shows. Random House published Couric’s third book, The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives, in 2011. Couric compiled the book over the course of a year, with contributions from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Queen Rania of Jordan, and former Today Show colleague Matt Lauer.