Awards & Recognition
★Television Academy Hall of Fame (2004)
★Six Emmy Awards including multiple for Today Show
★George Foster Peabody Award (2001)
★Two Edward R. Murrow Awards
★Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism
★duPont-Columbia Award
★Golden Plate Award American Academy of Achievement (2005)
★Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People (twice)
★Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year (three times)
Notable Facts
→First woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast (CBS Evening News 2006-2011)
→Co-anchor of NBC's Today Show for 15 years
→Founded Katie Couric Media in 2017, multimedia production company
→Co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer, raised $800+ million
→New York Times bestselling author of memoir 'Going There'
→Cancer advocate following husband's death from colon cancer
→Hosts popular 'Next Question' podcast with major political figures
→Publishes daily newsletter 'Wake-Up Call'
→2 million Instagram followers, 1.5M Twitter followers
→Became grandmother in 2024