Ann Curry

Ann Curry has worked as journalist for more than more than 45 years. She focuses her reporting on natural disasters, as well as conflict zones. Curry covered wars in Kosovo, Iraq Syria Lebanon Palestine Afghanistan Darfur Congo. Ann Curry, (born November 19 1956 Agana American journalist, television anchor and news reporter. She was most well-known for her job as a correspondent for the Today program, which was a morning news show that was telecast through the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC). Curry was noted especially for her coverage of the humanitarian crisis in war-ravaged countries as well as on natural catastrophes. Curry's maternal grandmother is Japanese as is her father, who was an American Navy Sailor. In the aftermath of World War II, her parents met when her father served in Japan. Because of her father's military service, the family relocated often. The family eventually arrived in Ashland Oregon where Curry attended the high school. Curry graduated from high school in 1978 and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism at the University of Oregon. She was exposed to a variety of cultures and experiences in her early years probably contributed to her empathy with which she approaches issues of international significance. Ann Curry is a well-known American journalist and news anchor who works for NBC. Go through her biography to know more about the famous lady. Curry did not have the opportunity to go to a single school in San Diego, Alameda Oregon or Virginia during the two-year period because her family relocated frequently. In the end, she was able to graduate from Ashland High School. She started a new career path that could lead to a successful career as an intern in broadcasting for KTVL Channel 10 Medford. The first female news anchor at this station when she was just 22. In Portland the state of Oregon, she was made an anchor as well as a reporter for KGW the NBC affiliate. In Los Angeles, she became a reporter on KCBS TV just four years after making the move to the city. In the course of her work with the station for six years that she received the two Emmy Awards.