Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author, founder of Katie Couric Media (KCM) and cancer research advocate.
Couric was the first woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast, serving as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 2006 to 2011 following 15 years as co-anchor of NBC’s Today show. She also hosted a syndicated show and served as the Yahoo Global News Anchor until 2017.
Founded in 2017, her media company developed a number of projects, including a daily newsletter, podcast, digital video series and several documentaries. KCM works with purpose driven brands to create premium content that addresses important social issues, such as gender equality, environmental sustainability and mental health.
Documentaries produced by KCM include: “America Inside Out with Katie Couric,” a six-part series for National Geographic; “Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric,” for National Geographic; “Under the Gun,” which aired on EPIX, and “Fed Up,” available on iTunes, Amazon and YouTube. Couric was also executive producer of “Unbelievable” on Netflix and is developing other scripted projects.
She has won a duPont-Columbia Award, a Peabody Award, two Edward R. Murrow awards, a Walter Cronkite Award and multiple Emmys. She was twice named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people and was a Glamour Magazine women of the year three times. In addition to writing “The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives,” Couric’s newest book and memoir, “Going There,” was released in October 2021.
Couric also founded “Stand Up to Cancer” and has raised nearly $800 million to support cutting-edge collaborative science. The organization’s research has contributed to the FDA approval of 10 new cancer therapies, including breast, colorectal, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate cancers and difficult-to-treat leukemia in children and young adults. Couric received numerous awards for her cancer advocacy work, was honored by both the Harvard and Columbia schools of public health, the American Cancer Society and the American Association of Cancer Researchers.
