Katy Tur is an American broadcast journalist and an author. She works for NBC News as a correspondent and is also an anchor for MSNBC live. Tur has covered for a variety of news platforms under NBC. Beginning her career from 2005, Katy has been a part of several news coverages. In 2017 she also released her first book which added to her career as an author.
Katy Tur also comes from a journalism background as her father Robert Tur was a renowned journalist who later went through a gender identity crisis and took hormonal replacement surgery leading to a major change in name and gender. In addition, she has also hosted the show Meet The Press with Chuck Todd.
Katy Tur: Early Life, Career and Nationality
Katy was born on October 26, 1983, in Los Angeles California which makes her nationality an American. Her Father Robert Tur (now Zoey Tur) was a famous journalist working for many channels including CNN. Tur graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Philosophy.
Katy first worked for fox 5 New York, News 12 Brooklyn and WPIX-TV. Later in 2009, Tur joined WNBC-TV, a local station in New York City. While she was at NBC news she also covered the death of Cory Monteith, which led her to win an award of the AP’s Best Spot News. This award was given to her for coverage of the March 2008 crane collapse. Eventually, she also became the embedded reporter for Trump’s presidential campaign which led her to go through a series of criticism and verbal harassment from Trump’s supporters.
Additionally, she also joined the MSNBC live where she works as an anchor.
In 2017 she became an author with her book “Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History”. The book is about her overall experiences while covering the presidential campaign. It was successful in garnering good feedback from the critics and her readers. Tur is also quite transparent about her views on transgender rights and supports it openly.
Katy Tur: Personal Life, Husband, and Children
Moving on to Tur’s personal life, Katy Tur is currently married. She first dated Keith Olbermann who was a political commentator and sportscaster from 2006-2009. Later she married a correspondent for CBS News, named Tony Dokoupil in Utah, 2017. Both she and her husband currently live in the New York City. Currently, they do not have any children and haven’t spoken about any such plans of starting a family yet as they have just been married.
Katy Tur: Total Net Worth and Awards
Katy Tur is one of the leading journalists in America today, she has a total net worth estimated at $8 million. For her work as a journalist, she has received two prestigious awards including the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism and AP’s Best Spot News Award.
