Ann Curry

For the British historian, see Anne Curry.

Ann Curry
Curry in 2022
Born (1956-11-19) November 19, 1956 (age 67)
Agaña, Guam, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Oregon (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Years active1978–present
Spouse
Brian Ross
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(m. 1989)​
Children2

Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956) is an American journalist and photojournalist,[1] who has been a reporter for more than 45 years, focused on human suffering in war zones and natural disasters. Curry has reported from the wars in Kosovo, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Afghanistan, Darfur, Congo, and the Central African Republic.[2] Curry has covered numerous disasters, including the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, where her appeal via Twitter topped Twitter's 'most powerful' list, credited for helping speed the arrival of humanitarian planes.[3]

In June 2012, she became the national and international correspondent-anchor for NBC News and the anchor at large for the Today show. She was co-anchor of Today from June 9, 2011, to June 28, 2012, and the program's news anchor from March 1997 until becoming co-anchor. She was also the anchor of Dateline NBC from 2005 to 2011.[4]

On January 13, 2015, it was announced that Curry would be leaving NBC News after nearly 25 years.[5] In January 2015, Curry founded her own multi-platform media startup.[6] She continued to conduct major news interviews on network television, including securing an exclusive interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in 2015 about the Iran nuclear talks.[7] She hosted and produced We'll Meet Again with Ann Curry from 2018 to 2019 on PBS.

  1. ^ Isger, Sonya, "Hear NBC's Ann Curry talk about her photography at the Photographic Centre in West Palm Beach" Archived May 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Palm Beach Post, Saturday, December 5, 2009
  2. ^ "Ann Curry – About Us", "Today.com"
  3. ^ "Ann Curry's Haiti Tweet Tops Twitter's 'Most Powerful' List", "PC Magazine", December 14, 2010
  4. ^ Bio: Ann Curry", NBC official biography
  5. ^ Battaglio, Stephen (January 13, 2015). "Ann Curry leaves NBC News to form her own production company". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "ANN CURRY BECOMES FOUNDER OF MEDIA STARTUP, INCLUDING A MULTI-PLATFORM CONTENT VENTURE SEEDED BY NBCUNIVERSAL". January 13, 2015. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015.
  7. ^ "Iran Foreign Minister Zarif: 'We will never have a bomb'", "NBCNews.com", March 5, 2015