Ann Curry Biography
Ann Curry is an American journalist and photojournalist who has been covering human suffering in war zones and natural disasters for over 30 years. Curry has covered conflicts in Kosovo, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Afghanistan, Darfur, Congo, and the Central African Republic.
Ann Curry Age
Curry is 65 years old as of 2021. She was born on 19 November 1956 in Hagåtña, Guam.
Ann Curry Family
Curry was born in the United States as the daughter of Hiroe Nagase and Robert Paul “Bob” Curry. Her mother is Japanese, and her father, a native of Pueblo, Colorado, is of Irish and German descent. Her parents met when her father, a career United States Navy sailor, worked as a streetcar conductor in Japan following World War II. Despite being transferred out of Japan, he returned to marry Nagase two years later. Curry is the oldest of five siblings. Curry was raised as a Catholic by her mother, a convert to the faith.
Ann Curry Husband
Curry is married to software executive Brian Ross, whom she met in college. McKenzie is their daughter, and William Walker Curry Ross is their son. The family resides in the Connecticut town of New Canaan.
Ann Curry Education
Curry spent several years as a child in Japan, where he attended the Ernest J. King School at the United States Fleet Activities Sasebo naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki. She later relocated to Ashland, Oregon, and graduated from Ashland High School. In 1978, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Oregon.
Ann Curry Salary
Curry earns an annual salary of $1 million.
Ann Curry Net Worth
Curry has an estimated net worth of $10 Million.
Why was Ann Curry Fired
Curry left Today, but the journalist is still questioning her abrupt dismissal from the NBC morning show. Curry left Today after only a year of co-hosting with Matt Lauer, an ordeal that was rumored to have been caused in part by a lack of “chemistry” with Lauer. There were also reports at the time that he had played a role in forcing Curry out. While leaving Today was a painful experience for Curry, she said there was a silver lining. Curry spoke to PEOPLE for the first time about her firing in January 2018, revealing similar feelings about the harrowing incident. Curry, who began her career as an intern at an Oregon NBC affiliate and worked her way up to Today’s couch, earning a reputation for being earnest and empathetic, remained remarkably quiet after her co-hosting stint with Lauer ended.
Ann Curry VS Matt Lauer
Curry also worked as a substitute news anchor for Matt Lauer on Today from 1994 to 1997. The reunion with her former co-anchor, Matt Lauer, was described as “tense,” “awkward,” and “chilly” by the media. Lauer started in September 2013 that he was dissatisfied with how the media handled Curry’s departure. Curry took the chair next to Lauer in London to present her story on Adam Pretty, Getty’s chief photographer who has captured some of the most incredible Olympic images to date. Curry, dressed professionally in a fitted blue gown, acted professional but did not engage in any banter with Lauer, remaining straight-faced as she discussed her piece.
Ann Curry Departure from Today
Curry was widely reported to have been replaced as Today’s co-host in June 2012. Curry retained the services of attorney Robert Barnett to represent her in her negotiations with NBC. Curry announced her departure from Today in an emotional broadcast on June 28. She agreed to a new multi-year deal with NBC News as a national and international correspondent/anchor and Today anchor-at-large. Her departure sparked some debate about racism, especially given that she was one of the most prominent Asian-American journalists on the national stage.
She oversaw a seven-person team responsible for creating content and reporting for NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, Dateline NBC, Rock Center with Brian Williams, Today, and MSNBC. Curry also hosted a number of NBC News primetime specials. Curry made her first post-departure appearance on Today on August 9, 2012, when she reported a story during the show’s coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Ann Curry Career
Curry began her broadcasting career as an intern at NBC affiliate KTVL in Medford, Oregon in 1978. She rose through the ranks to become the station’s first female news reporter. Curry moved to NBC affiliate KGW in Portland in 1980, where she worked as a reporter and anchor. Curry moved to Los Angeles four years later to work as a reporter for KCBS-TV, where he received two Emmy Awards from 1984 to 1990.
Curry joined NBC News in 1990, first as a correspondent for NBC News Chicago, then as the anchor of NBC News at Sunrise from 1991 to 1996. Curry also worked as a substitute news anchor for Matt Lauer on Today from 1994 to 1997. She was Today’s news anchor from 1997 to 2011, becoming the show’s second-longest serving news anchor, trailing only Frank Blair, who was in that position from 1953 to 1975. During this time, she also filled in as a Today anchor. Curry was named co-anchor of Dateline NBC with Stone Phillips on June 24, 2005; she remained the primary anchor after Phillips left on July 2, 2007, until she replaced Meredith Vieira on Today in 2011. From 2005 to 2011, she was the primary substitute on NBC Nightly News.
Curry has covered major international stories from places like Baghdad, Sri Lanka, the Congo, Rwanda, Albania, and Darfur. On July 7, 2007, Curry hosted NBC’s primetime coverage and highlights of the Live Earth concerts, and he also contributed to the special with interviews with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Vice President Al Gore. Curry reported from the USS Theodore Roosevelt during the November 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, and he had an exclusive interview with General Tommy Franks. In early 2003, she reported from Baghdad, and then from the USS Constellation as the Iraq war began. In late 2004, Curry was also the first network news anchor to report from inside the Southeast Asian tsunami zone.
Curry bungee jumped off the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough, England, on December 17, 2007, to raise funds for charity. Her leap was broadcast live on the Today show. Curry traveled to Iran in 2009, where she interviewed then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just days before Ahmadinejad traveled to America to address the United Nations, General Assembly. Curry was featured in the first PBS Kids Sprout “Kindness Counts” public service announcement in 2011.
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