Ann Curry

Ann Curry has worked as an journalist for over 45 years. Her reporting focuses on natural disasters, as well as areas of war. Curry has covered wars across the world, including in Kosovo Iraq Syria Lebanon Palestine Afghanistan Darfur Congo. Ann Curry, born November 19 1956 (Agana) was an American journalist who served as an anchor on television. Curry was renowned for her work on reporting the humanitarian crisis in war-ravaged nations and natural catastrophes. Curry's father served as a sailor within the U.S. Navy and her mother was Japanese. Her father dated his mother in Japan when he was a stationed in Japan following World War II. Because of her father's military service the family moved often. Curry finished highschool in Ashland Oregon. In 1978, she graduated from her school at the University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She was exposed to a variety of cultures and experiences during her upbringing likely influenced her empathetic way of communicating on international matters. Ann Curry is a well-known American anchor and journalist who works for NBC. For more information, check out Ann Curry's bio. Curry's family moved frequently and Curry was not able to stay at a single school more than two months. Curry attended various schools like San Diego Alameda Oregon Virginia as well as Virginia. Ashland was her final high school. She paved her way for an enviable career after she started her broadcasting career as an intern in KTVL Channel 10 in Medford Oregon, eventually becoming the first woman news reporter at the station, at age of 22. In Portland, Oregon she was made an anchor and reporter by KGW which is NBC's subsidiary. When she moved to Los Angeles, she became a reporter on KCBS TV just four years after having moved into the city. She won 2 Emmy Awards during the six years that she worked for this station.