Katy Tur’s biography
Katy Tur is a renowned American author and journalist who currently works as a correspondent for NBC News. Tur is an MSNBC Live anchor and has reported for news platforms NBC Early Today, Today, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, WNBC-TV, MSNBC and The Weather Channel.
Katy participated Brentwood School where she graduated in 2001. She then graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara Bachelor of Philosophy in 2005.
Prior to joining NBC News, Tur worked for KTLA, HD News/Cablevision, News 12 Brooklyn, WPIX-TV and Fox 5 New York. Later, Katy will work as a storm chaser for The Weather Channel on the network’s VORTEX2 team.
Katy Tur NBC News
In 2009, Katy joined NBC’s local station in New York, WNBC-TV. She then rose to the NBC News flagship at the national network level. That same year, Tur received AP’s Best Spot News award for coverage of the March 2008 crane collapse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. On NBC, Katy also covered the death of Cory Monteith, a motorcycle attack on an SUV and the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
In his 18 months covering the 2016 presidential election, Tur conducted several in-depth interviews with then-candidate Donald Trump from his campaign headquarters. She toured 40 states and recorded nearly 4,000 live television appearances.
In 2017, Katy received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Political Television Journalism for her reporting on the election. Prior to joining NBC’s political team in 2016, Tur was a London-based foreign correspondent for NBC News. Katy joined NBC News in 2012 and was initially based in New York.
Prior to that, Tur worked for WNBC, The Weather Channel, WPIX and News12 Brooklyn.
In September 2017, Katy published a book, Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American history, recounting her experience covering Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Katy Tur Age
How old is Katy Tur? Katy It is 38 years from 2021. Is it over there he was born about October 26, 1983, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. She celebrates her birthday on October 26 of each year.
Katy Tur Husband
Katy is married to her for a long time boyfriend, Tony Dokoupil, a renowned correspondent working for CBS News. The couple exchanged vows October 27, 2017, in Utah. Tony and Tur welcomed their son, Teddy bear in early 2019. She is also a stepmother to The two sons of Dokoupil from a previous relationship.
Katy Tur family
Katty is the daughter of Hannah Zoey Tur (mother and Marika Gerrard(dad). However, her parents divorced in 2003. Tur has a young son brother James Tur, medicine student. Tur is of Jewish descent.
In June 2013, Katy came out as transgender, and in 2014 she revealed that she was on hormone replacement therapy. In August 2014, she asked a court to change her name and gender marker from male to female.
Katy Tur’s height
Tur is approx. height of 5 feet 2 inches (Approx. 1.57 m) tall.
Katy Tur Net Worth
tour have an estimate net worth of US$4 million. His income is mainly attributed to his career as a broadcast journalist.
Katy Tur Salary
tour receive a annual salary about $70,200. This is in line with the salaries of NBC News journalists.
