Ann Curry

Ann Curry was born in the United States and is a photographer and journalist. For more than forty-five years, she has concentrated her work on reporting the suffering of people, particularly in natural disasters and wars. Curry was a reporter for the wars in Kosovo Iraq Syria Lebanon Palestine Afghanistan Darfur Congo, and Central African Republic. Ann Curry was an American journalist, TV news reporter as well as host. She is most known for her work as a reporter on the Today program which is a morning-time broadcast news show that aired on NBC. Curry is known for reporting humanitarian crises and natural disasters particularly in nations which have suffered the effects of conflict. Curry's father served as a sailor with the U.S. Navy and her mother was Japanese. Her father dated the mother of her in Japan while he was stationed there after World War II. Her father served in the military, so her family was forced to relocate often. Curry completed her high school at Ashland Oregon. She graduated with a journalism certificate at The University of Oregon in 1978. She was exposed to different cultures and environments during her growing up years is likely to have influenced the compassion that she has for international topics. Ann Curry is a well-known American journalist and news anchor who works for NBC. Read her bio to learn more about this famous person. Curry's family relocated often which is why Curry didn't stay at one school longer than 2 months. Curry attended various schools like San Diego Alameda Oregon Virginia and Virginia. Ashland was her final high school. The broadcasting profession began with an internship at KTVL Channel 10 Medford in Oregon. At age 22, she was the first female journalist at the station. She subsequently moved to the post of anchor and reporter at KGW an NBC affiliate in Portland, Oregan. In Los Angeles, she became a reporter at KCBS TV four years after having moved to the city. It was during her association with this channel for the duration of six years that she won two Emmy Awards.