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  1. An hour about "The Today Show"
    An hour about "The Today Show"

    with Matt Lauer and Katie Couric on Jan 9, 2002

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    60 min
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Katie Couric is anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. She also serves as a 60 Minutes correspondent and the anchor of CBS News primetime specials. Prior to joining CBS, Couric completed a 15-year run as co-anchor of NBC News’ “Today” on May 31, 2006. While at NBC, Couric was also contributing anchor for “Dateline NBC.” Couric joined NBC News in 1989 as deputy Pentagon reporter before serving as its first national correspondent in June 1990. Her NBC tenure included two stints covering the Gulf War.

Couric has covered most of the major breaking-news events during the past 15 years, including the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center; the Columbine tragedy in Colorado; six Olympic Games, including the 1996 Atlanta Olympic bombing; the funeral of Princess Diana; the Oklahoma City bombing; the Timothy McVeigh execution; the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings; and the end of the millennium coverage, which she co-anchored with Tom Brokaw.

Apart from her professional accomplishments, in March 2000 Couric launched the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance in association with the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Lilly Tartikoff, to fund new medical research in colorectal cancer and to conduct educational programs encouraging the prevention and early detection of the disease through proper screening.

Source-CBS Evening News Bio http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/06/eveningnews/bios/main1781520.shtml