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Katy Tur Profile
Katy Tur is an American author and broadcast journalist working as a correspondent for NBC News. Additionally, she is an anchor for MSNBC, where since 2021 she has hosted Katy Tur Reports. Moreover, she has reported for the NBC news platforms Early Today, Today, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press WNBC-TV and The Weather Channel.
Katy Tur Age
Tur is 41 years old as of 2024. She was born on 26th October 1983 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Additionally, she celebrates her birthday on the 26th of October every year.
Katy Tur Height
She stands at an average height of 5 feet 2 inches tall.
Katy Tur Education
She graduated from Brentwood School in 2001 and from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy.
SamKaty Tur ple Family
Tur is the daughter of journalists Zoey Tur and Marika Gerrard. Moreover, she is of Jewish descent. Tur had a falling out with one of her parents, Zoey Tur, and the two did not speak for several years. In her 2022 book Rough Draft: A Memoir, Tur details her parents’ achievements, as well as her relationship with them while being raised as the daughter of “parents as broadcast pioneers who often put themselves in harm’s way”.
Katy Tur Husband/ Tony Dokoupil
Tur dated former MSNBC political analyst and sportscaster Keith Olbermann from 2006 to 2009. On October 27, 2017, Tur wed Tony Dokoupil, a CBS News correspondent. They have a daughter who was born in May 2021 and a son who was born in April 2019 together. Additionally, she has two stepchildren from her first union with Dokoupil.
Katy Tur NBC
Tur reported for KTLA, HD News/Cablevision, News 12 Brooklyn, WPIX-TV, and Fox 5 News York. Later on, tur worked as a storm chaser for The Weather Channel on the network VORTEX2 team. In 2009, she joined NBC’s local station in New York City, WNBC-TV, and then rose to the flagship NBC News at the national network level.
That year she was awarded AP’s Best Spot News Award for coverage of the March 2008 crane collapse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. While at NBC News, she covered the death of Cory Monteith, a motorcycle attack on an SUV, and the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight #70.
Katy Tur Trump campaign correspondent
Tur rose to prominence as NBC News’s and MSNBC’s embedded reporter on the unconventional 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign. Her assignment to inform the Trump campaign about a potentially damaging recording became a turning point in the campaign’s relationship with the press.
During rallies, Trump singled out Tur for criticism, and she faced harassment from some supporters. Despite this, Tur persevered in her reporting, capturing the historic campaign from a unique vantage point.
Her dedication earned her recognition, including the prestigious Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. She later shared her experiences in a book titled “Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History,” which became a New York Times bestseller.
Katy Tur and Zoey Tur
Tur experienced a rift with one of her parents, Zoey Tur, leading to a period of several years without communication. In her 2022 memoir, “Rough Draft: A Memoir,” Tur recounts her parents’ accomplishments and describes her upbringing as the daughter of broadcast pioneers who frequently put themselves at risk.
Katy Tur Net Worth
Tur has an estimated annual Net worth of $ 4 million to $ 5 million earned from her career as an author and Anchor.
Katy Tur Social Media Platforms
Tur is very active on her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. She has 810.3k followers on Twitter, 89.7k followers on Instagram, and 38.3k followers on Facebook.
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