Ann Curry

Ann Curry is a photojournalist, journalist and author who has reported on areas of war for over more than 45 years. Her focus is on human suffering as well as disasters. Curry has covered wars across the world, including in Kosovo Iraq Syria Lebanon Palestine Afghanistan Darfur Congo. Ann Curry is a journalist, television anchorperson and reporter she was born 1956. Her best-known role has been on Today the program, which is the National Broadcasting Co. morning newscast. Curry was known for her reporting on humanitarian crises in war-torn nations and natural catastrophes. Curry's maternal grandmother is Japanese and her father is an American Navy Sailor. Her parents met while their father was in Japan in the aftermath of World War II. Her father was in the military and her family had to move around often. The family eventually settled in Ashland Oregon where Curry attended high school. Following her graduation from the University of Oregon, Curry earned a bachelor of journalism in 1978. It is possible that she created an empathic manner of communication because of her experiences with diverse cultures in her early years. Ann Curry is a famous American journalist, anchor for news and reporter for NBC. Visit her biography for more information about this woman. Curry and her husband moved frequently which is why she could not stay in one school over a period of more than two years. They traveled to different locations such as San Diego Alameda Oregon Virginia. Ashland in Oregon is the place where Curry graduated. Her broadcasting career began as an internship at KTVL Channel 10 Medford in Oregon. At age 22, she eventually became the first journalist female at that station. In the following years, she worked as an anchor/reporter for KGW located in Portland Oregon. Then she returned to Los Angeles four years later as a journalist for KCBS TV. In her time with the station she was awarded two Emmy Awards.