Ann Curry

Ann Curry has worked as a journalist for nearly 45 years. Her focus is on natural disasters, as well as areas of war. Curry covered the conflicts in Kosovo Iraq Syria Lebanon Palestine Afghanistan Darfur Congo, and Central African Republic. Ann Curry was an American journalist, reporter for the TV news as well as host. She is most known as a correspondent for the Today program which is a morning-time broadcast news show that aired on NBC. Curry became known in particular for her reporting on human rights crises, natural disasters and other emergencies which occurred in war-ravaged areas. Curry's Japanese-American mother and U.S. navy-marine father both played a prominent role within Curry's personal life. After World War II, her parents began to meet when her father served in Japan. The family was frequently on the move because of the military duties of her father. Curry went to high school in Ashland, Oregon. In 1978 she graduated from in the University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She is likely to have acquired an empathy-based way of communicating because of her experiences with other cultures during her childhood. Ann Curry, a journalist working for NBC and also a anchor for news in America is renowned. For more information, check out the biography of Ann Curry. Curry did not have the opportunity to attend one school in San Diego, Alameda Oregon, or Virginia for two years, due to her family moved often. Ashland, Oregon is the location where Curry received her degree. Her journey to an enviable career after she began her broadcasting career as an intern in KTVL Channel 10 in Medford Oregon, eventually becoming the first news reporter female at the station, at aged of just 22. In Portland the state of Oregon, she was appointed anchor and reporter by KGW which is NBC's subsidiary. Four years later she moved back to Los Angeles as a reporter for KCBS-TV. Through her tenure of six years with the channel she was awarded the award of two Emmy Awards.