Ann Curry

Ann Curry has worked as a journalist for nearly 45 years. Her focus is on natural disasters, as well as war zones. Curry has covered the conflict zones of Kosovo Iraq Syria Lebanon Palestine Afghanistan Darfur Congo and the Central African Republic. Ann Curry (born on November 19, 1956 in the city of Agana) was an American anchor, reporter on television and journalist. She was most famous for being a correspondent of The Today Show, which was a morning news show broadcast by National Broadcasting Co. Her reporting stood out for its coverage of humanitarian crisis that occurred in war-torn countries as well as natural disasters. Curry's Japanese-American mother as well as her U.S. navy-marine father played prominent roles in her life. Curry's parents bonded in Japan, the country where her father was stationed after World War II. As a result of her father's active military duty, the family travelled frequently. The family eventually settled in Ashland Oregon where Curry attended high school. Curry graduated in 1978, with an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. She is likely to have acquired an empathy-based communication style due to her exposure to diverse cultures in her early years. Ann Curry works as a popular American reporter and newscaster for NBC. Check out her biography for more information about the famous lady. Curry traveled a lot along with her companion but she did not attend any school more than two full years. She went to schools in San Diego Alameda Oregon Virginia. Ashland was where she eventually completed the high school. Her journey to an enviable career after she began her broadcasting career by working as an intern for KTVL Channel 10 in Medford Oregon. She later became the first woman news reporter in the station's history at the age of 22. Then she was promoted to the position of an anchor and reporter at KGW which was an NBC station in Portland, Oregan. Then, four years later, she relocated to Los Angeles and became a reporter at KCBS TV. During her six-year association with the channel, she won two Emmy Awards.