invasion of Panama caught the attention of news executives. Three years later she became a deputy Pentagon correspondent for NBC, and her reporting during the U.S.

In 1986 Couric returned to Washington and joined WRC, an NBC affiliate, where she won an Associated Press Award and her first of several Emmy Awards. After CNN failed to offer her a full-time job as a reporter, however, Couric accepted a reporting position at WTVJ in Miami. In the early 1980s she moved to CNN’s Atlanta base, where she held a number of positions, including that of on-air political correspondent during the 1984 elections.

Couric briefly worked as a desk assistant at ABC News in Washington, D.C., before joining the Cable News Network (CNN) as an assignment editor for its Washington bureau. The daughter of a writer and a journalist, Couric decided to pursue a career in broadcasting after graduating from the University of Virginia in 1979 with a degree in American studies. Katie Couric, in full Katherine Anne Couric, (born January 7, 1957, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.), American broadcast journalist best known as the longtime cohost of NBC’s Today show and as the first solo female anchor of a major network ( CBS) evening news program.

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