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Katy Tur
Tur at South by Southwest in 2017
Tur at South by Southwest 2017
Born
Katharine Bear Tur

(1983-10-26) October 26, 1983 (age 40)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
OccupationJournalist
Years active2005–present
Employer(s)NBCUniversal, Comcast
Partner(s)Keith Olbermann (2006-2009) Tony Dokoupil (2017–present; engaged)
Parents
  • Zoey Tur (father)
  • Marika Gerrard (mother)

Katharine Bear Tur (born October 26, 1983)[1] is an American author and broadcast journalist working as correspondent for NBC News. Tur is an anchor for MSNBC Live and reports for the NBC news platforms Early Today, Today, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, WNBC-TV, MSNBC, and The Weather Channel.[2]

Early life and education

Tur is the daughter of journalists Hanna Zoey Tur and Marika Gerrard. She graduated from Brentwood School in 2001,[3] and from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2005 with a BA, Philosophy.[4][5]

Career

Tur has reported for KTLA, HD News/Cablevision, News 12 Brooklyn, WPIX-TV, and Fox 5 New York.[6][7] Later on, Tur worked as a storm chaser for The Weather Channel on the network's VORTEX2 team.[8]

NBC News

In 2009, Tur joined NBC's local station in New York City, WNBC-TV, and then rose to the flagship NBC News at the national network level.[6] While at NBC News, she covered the death of Cory Monteith, a motorcycle attack on an SUV, and the MH-370 search.

Tur was the network's embedded reporter for the Donald Trump presidential campaign. She was responsible for informing the Trump campaign about the Access Hollywood tape that NBC possessed.[9]

Several times during his campaign rallies, Trump singled out Tur in his criticism of the press. At an event in Florida, Tur was booed by Trump supporters and, according to other journalists, was subjected to verbal harassment.[10] According to Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, "[Trump] didn't mean it in any malicious way",[11] and he did not want anyone to attack or harass her.[12]

Author

Tur reflected on covering the Trump campaign and his treatment of her at campaign rallies in an article for Marie Claire.[13] In September 2017, Tur published Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History, recounting her experience in covering the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.[14]

Personal life

From 2006 to 2009, she dated then MSNBC political commentator and sportscaster Keith Olbermann.[6] Since January 2017, Tur has been engaged to Tony Dokoupil, a correspondent at CBS News.[15][16]

Tur is fluent in Spanish.[17]

Awards

Works

  • Tur, Katy (2017). Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History. New York: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow. ISBN 978-0-062-68492-9. OCLC 981577557.

References

  1. ^ "Katharine Bear Tur: California Birth Index". FamilySearch. October 26, 1983.
  2. ^ "Katy Tur bio". WNBC-TV New York. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "Chasing Politics in front of the camera". Brentwood Magazine: 49. Spring 2016.
  4. ^ "MSNBC's Keith Olbermann Finds His Niche as a Bush-Bashing Hero for Lefties". Nymag.com. April 16, 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  5. ^ "'Trust' - Fun Stars Enjoy Love Fest". New York: NY Daily News. August 9, 2006. Retrieved August 18, 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ a b c Torregrosa, Luisita (June 10, 2017). "'You Can't Rattle Her': Katy Tur on the Rise". The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  7. ^ Dabholkar, Shweta. "Katy Tur Wiki: Everything You Need to Know about The NBC News Reporter Taunted by Donald Trump". Earn the Necklace. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  8. ^ "Olbermann's Girlfriend Katy Tur Joins The Weather Channel". Mediabistro.com. May 11, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  9. ^ Abramson, Jill (September 12, 2017). "A Memoir by Donald Trump's Favorite Target". Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. As a reporter for NBC, Tur was assigned the task of alerting the Trump campaign to the now notorious "Access Hollywood" tape.....
  10. ^ Rebecca Shapiro (November 3, 2016). "Trump Creepily Singles Out Reporter At Florida Rally (Again)". Huffington Post.
  11. ^ Char Adams (November 3, 2016). "#ImWithTur: Journalists Rally Behind NBC News' Katy Tur After Trump Singles Her Out to Taunting Crowd in Florida". People.
  12. ^ Rebecca Shapiro (November 3, 2016). "Trump Creepily Singles Out Reporter At Florida Rally (Again)". Huffington Post.
  13. ^ Katie Tur (August 10, 2016). "My Crazy Year with Trump". Marie Claire.
  14. ^ Lozada, Carlos (September 12, 2017). "Katy Tur's insider memoir chronicles the Trump campaign — and the indignities of reporting while female". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 12, 2017. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ "Katy Tur Twitter". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  16. ^ "The Morning After: Impact of Trump's immigration order -- Inside Koch World and the Alfalfa Dinner -- Sunday Best -- Katy Tur is Engaged -- B'day: Paul Ryan". Politico. January 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  17. ^ a b "Katy Tur". Reporters Info. Retrieved December 18, 2016.

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