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• Katie Couric:CBC News Anchor

  Katie Couric is a journalist and television anchor.She received the Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in Media on October8,2009. http://www.usd.edu/press/news/news.cfm?nid=1715 @katiecouric' is a web series which features in depth interviews with news makers around the world. http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/katiecouric/main504423.shtml Al Gore appeared on @katiecouric on November 2, 2009http://www.cbsnews.com/

  Susan and David Axelrod appeared in a Katie Couric 60 Minutes report on epilepsy aired on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/23/60minutes/main5414456.shtml?tag=contentMain;cbsCarouselDavid Axelrod is the senior political advisor to President Obama. His eldest daughter Lauren has epilepsy. Lauren had tried 23 different medications and undergone an unsuccessful brain surgery to cure her epilepsy. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/david-and-susan-axelrod-f_n_330907.html

  
  

• Fast Facts

  1. Birth name: Katherine Anne Couric
  2. Born: January 7, 1957
  3. Birth place: Arlington, Virginia
  4. The Today Show: 1991-2006
  5. CBS Evening News: 2006-present
  6. Salary: $15,000,000/annually USA Today: Katie Couric may leave CBS News, report says
  7. Spouse: Jay Monahan (1989–1998)
  8. Children: Elinor Tully "Ellie" Monahan, Caroline Couric Monahan
  9. Founded: Jay Monahan center for Gastrointestinal Health

• Career

  After graduating with a degree in English and History from the University of Virginia, she began her career in television journalism in the early 1980s as an assistant and editor at ABC News and then at CNN.

  She was a Pentagon correspondent for NBC News in 1989 and in 1990 she became a national correspondent for Today.

  She joined the shows featured cast in 1991 and remained there until 2006, when she left to host the CBS Evening News.

  Despite some rocky ratings and reviews, she continues to host the nightly program as the only female solo-anchor of a network prime time news show. USA Today: Katie Couric may leave CBS News, report says

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• Quotes

  The award clearly signals hope from the international community - that a new day has dawned in America - and that President Obama's global approach has been welcomed.

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