Katie Couric is a well-known veteran face and name in the television industry. Television journalist, author, and talk show host, Couric, from ABC to NBC to CBS and again to ABC, has come a long way. She is also a producer and an actress and is famous for Dateline NBC, 60 Minutes, and Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.
Katie has worked for all of the big television networks of United States; ABC news, CBS news, and NBC news. She first worked for NBC news from 1989 to 2006. She was the Deputy Pentagon Correspondent where she hosted and co-hosted many favorite shows including ‘Today’, NBC News at Sunrise’, ‘Sunday Today’ and others.
She was noted for her works on the ‘Today’ which include Legend to Legend Night: A Celebrity Cavalcade, Harry Potter: Behind the Magic and Everybody’s Business: America’s Children. Before working for NBC, she used to work for ABC news bureau in Washington, D.C.
From 2006 to 2011 she worked for CBS. She was the news anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News. She contributed to the show 60 minutes, which she is widely known for. Her debut show as an anchor and a managing director were CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Her works at CBS earned her a salary of $15 million per year which made her the highest-paid journalist in the whole world.
After working in CBS network, she again joined ABC network in 2011. She was a special correspondent for ABC. She anchored Nightline, co-hosted ‘The View’, ‘Live! With Regis and Kelly’, and ‘Good Morning America’. She was praised for her coverage of the September 11 attacks on its 10th anniversary with other fellow journalists.
She was also the host of ABC’s Disney-ABC Domestic Television. She is currently a Global Anchor for Yahoo News.
Katie has come a long way with hard work and much experience. She has hosted some of the famous personalities including First Lady Barbara Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Senator Hillary Clinton, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, Lady Gaga, Condoleezza Rice, Sarah Jessica Parker and much more. She covered major stories and news too.
Her works have earned her awards and honors and good reviews too. Her CBS Evening News with Katie Couric won her 2008 and also 2009 Edward R. Murrow Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in electronic journalism, for best newscast. She also has Emmy award (Emmy Governor’s Award) in her share for her career in broadcasting.
Moving on to her personal life, Couric was born January 7, 1957. Couric attended Arlington Public School. She was an intern at Washington; D.C all-news radio station WAVA. Couric married John Paul Monahan 1989.
They have children together; two daughters named Elinor Tully Monahan and Caroline. Her husband Monahan died of cancer in 1998. After his spouse’s death, Couric was rumored to be in several romantic affairs. She was also rumored of being fed up of being single.
So, she started dating John Molner and after two years they got engaged. Her second marriage was in June 2014 with boyfriend Molner. Her wedding was much talked about online and on media. Since then she has not been in the news for divorce or any other extra affairs.
Aside from her perfection in career, she can also be told a perfect woman in her looks. Couric’s body measurements are 37-27.5-38 inches with an hourglass shape. Her feet size is 6.5, and she stands five feet and one inch tall.
Because of her small height, she always prefers heels which in addition to enhancing her height also further flaunt her hot legs. She always looks gorgeous on television wearing beautiful dress showing her curvy body. Even though at this age, she looks flawless and confident.
Her net worth is a whopping $55 million dollars. She can be reached on social networking sites at twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Moreover, details about her can be read on Wikipedia and IMDB.