Katie Couric opens up about ambition, parenting, loss and why ‘moxy’ is the secret to her success.
Katie Couric is the TV host and journalist who anchored The CBS Evening News from 2006-11. She previously was the host of the NBC morning program The Today Show from 1991 through 2006. Katie Couric worked for CNN and ABC early in her career, also reporting in Miami and Washington, D.C. With her perky attitude and no-holds-barred interviewing style, Katie Couric boosted the show’s sagging ratings and became one of morning TV’s most popular personalities. Her husband, Jay Monahan, died in 1998 of colon cancer, and in 1999 Couric co-founded a non-profit organization for cancer research and education.
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Katie Couric, Anchor, The CBS Evening News (2006-2011)
Interviewed By: Nancy Steiner
00:00 Positivity
05:07 What Makes You Mad?
07:11 Upbringing and Values
15:24 Competitiveness
16:52 Life Lessons From Youth
24:19 Early Days in TV
29:13 “The Marriage Crunch”
31:56 Being 1st Female Anchor
34:55 Lessons From Professional Mistake
37:11 First Husband’s Death
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