KATIE COURICBy: Becca Smith

FAMILY LIFE

Husband: Jay Monahan Two girls: Ellie (1991) and Carrie (1996)

HOMETOWN AND EDUCATION

Arlington Virginia Attended the University of Virginia

TIME LINE 1957 January 7: Born 1979: Graduated from University of Virginia 1979 Joined ABC News as desk worker 1989 Married Jay Monahan 1991 Had Ellie July 23 1994 Won first Daytime Emmy 1996 had Carrie January 5 1998 Jay dies of Colon Cancer 1991-2006 Works at Today 2001- Won TV Guide Award 2006-2011 Works at CBS 2009- Won Gracie Award 2011- Works at ABC

AWARDS Type: Special Correspondent Awards

Daytime Emmy Won Grice TV Guide Award 1992-N 2009 2000-N 1994-W 2001-W 1995-N 1997-W 1998-W 1999-W 2000-W 2001-N 2002-N 2003-N 2004-W 2005-N 2006-N

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

One employed by the print or broadcast media to supply news stories or articles

FAMOUS STORIES

Palin Interviews 2008 Interviewed Sarah Palin during the run for

President

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/eveningnews/main4476173.shtml

WORK EXPERIENCE

ABC News ABC World News Night Line 20/20 Good Morning

America This Week CBS Evening News 60 Minutes Today

BOOKS PUBLISHED

Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary

The Brand New Kid The Blue Ribbon Day

INTERVIEWS

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/eveningnews/main4476173.shtml

CANCER AWARENESS

2011 Honorary Chair of National Parkinson Foundation

Active in the National Hockey League’s Hockey Fights Cancer

Public Service Announcements and Voice Over's

2005 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Creating A “Couric Effect” When doing colonoscopy and Archives of Internal Medicine said that many others followed

CITATIONS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_couric http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183698/awa

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