Ann Curry

Ann Curry has worked as journalist for more than 45 years. Her focus is on natural disasters, as well as war zones. Curry has written about the conflicts in Kosovo Iraq Syria Lebanon Palestine Afghanistan Darfur Congo and the Central African Republic. Ann Curry was an American journalist, reporter for the TV news and host best recognized as a correspondent on the Today program a morning broadcast news program aired on NBC. Curry was well-known for the reporting she did about natural disasters as well as war broken nations. Curry's father was a naval officer with the U.S. Navy and her mother was Japanese. Her father was with his mother in Japan as a stationed there after World War II. Due to her father's military service her family has moved quite a bit. Curry graduated from high school at Ashland Oregon. In 1978, she graduated at in the University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree in journalism. The diversity of her experiences and the experiences she had during her growing up probably influenced her way of communicating on global issues. Ann Curry is a well-known American anchor and journalist working in NBC. To learn more, read Ann Curry's bio. Curry as well as her husband were frequently moving, so she did not be in a single school for more than 2 years. They traveled to different places like San Diego Alameda Oregon Virginia. Ashland was the location where Curry received her degree. While working as an intern for KTVL Channel 10 Medford, Oregon she began her career in broadcasting. She became the first female anchor for the station when she aged 22. Then, she stepped into the role of anchor reporter and anchor for KGW, the NBC affiliate station in Portland. After four years, she was appointed an anchor by KCBS TV located in Los Angeles. She won the award of two Emmy Awards during the six years with the station.