Ann Curry

Ann Curry has worked as a journalist for 45 years. Her reporting focuses on natural disasters and war zones. Curry has reported on wars all over the world, including in Kosovo Iraq Syria Lebanon Palestine Afghanistan Darfur Congo. Ann Curry, (born November 19th, 1956 in Agana American journalist and TV anchor and news reporter. She is most famous for her work as a correspondent on the Today show which is a morning news program aired by the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC). Curry was renowned by her reports on human rights issues in war-torn nations and on natural catastrophes. Curry's father was a sailor with the U.S. Navy and her mother was Japanese. They met during the time her father was in Japan after World War II. As a result of her father's active military service, the family was often moved. Curry completed her high school at Ashland Oregon. In 1978 she graduated from The University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree in journalism. Her exposure to different cultures and her life experiences could have contributed to her compassionate way of communicating on international issues. Ann Curry, a journalist working for NBC as well as a news anchor in the United States is a household name. Go through her biography to learn more about this famous woman. The couple relocated frequently so Curry could not stay at one school for longer than two years traveling to various locations such as San Diego Alameda Oregon and Virginia. In the end, she was able to graduate from Ashland High School. When she was an intern at KTVL Channel 10 Medford, Oregon, she laid the groundwork to build a successful and long-lasting professional career in broadcasting. She was one of the very first women to be a reporter at the station's history at age 22. In the following years, she moved onto becoming an anchor reporter and anchor for KGW which is an NBC affiliate station in Portland. A few years later, she moved from Portland to Los Angeles as a reporter for KCBS TV. She received 2 Emmy Awards during the six years she spent with this station.