Katy Tur
Katy Tur | |
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Born | Katherine Bear Tur[1] October 26, 1983[2] Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | Brentwood School |
Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, news anchor |
Years active | 2005–present |
Employer | NBCUniversal |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Marika Gerrard Zoey Tur |
Katherine Bear Tur (
Early life
Tur is the daughter of journalists Zoey Tur and Marika Gerrard. She graduated from Brentwood School (2001),[6] and from the University of California, Santa Barbara (2005) with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy.[7][8] She is of Jewish descent.[9][10]
Career
Tur reported for
NBC News
In 2009, Tur joined NBC's local station in New York City,
Trump campaign correspondent
Tur was NBC News's and MSNBC's embedded reporter on the 2016
On several occasions during his campaign rallies, Trump singled out Tur in his criticism of the press.[15] At an event in Florida, Tur was booed by Trump supporters and, according to CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, verbally harassed.[16] According to Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, "[Trump] didn't mean it in any malicious way",[17] and he did not want anyone to attack or harass her.[18]
In 2017, Tur received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.[19]
Tur reflected on covering the Trump campaign and his treatment of her at campaign rallies in an article for Marie Claire.[20] In September 2017, she published a book, Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History, recounting her experience in covering Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.[21][22] The book spent several weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.[23]
Personal life
From 2006 to 2009, Tur was in a relationship with then-MSNBC political commentator and sportscaster Keith Olbermann.[2] Tur married Tony Dokoupil, a correspondent for CBS News, on October 27, 2017, in Utah.[24][25] Together they have a son, born in April 2019,[26] and a daughter, born in May 2021.[27] She also has two stepchildren from Dokoupil's first marriage.[28]
She is fluent in Spanish.[12]
Tur had a falling out with one of her parents, Zoey Tur, and the two did not speak for several years.[29] In her 2022 book Rough Draft: A Memoir, Tur details her parents' achievements, as well as her relationship with them while being raised as the daughter of "parents as broadcast pioneers who often put themselves in harm's way".[30]
Bibliography
- Unbelievable: My Front Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History (Dey Street, 2017)
- Rough Draft: A Memoir (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2022)
See also
References
- ^ a b "October 15, 2018". The Beat with Ari Melber. October 15, 2018. MSNBC. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Torregrosa, Luisita (June 10, 2017). "'You Can't Rattle Her': Katy Tur on the Rise". The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ^ "Katy Tur Reports on MSNBC". MSNBC. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023.
- ^ Katy Tur Reports
- ^ "Katy Tur bio". WNBC-TV New York. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
- ^ "Chasing Politics in front of the camera". Brentwood Magazine: 49. Spring 2016.
- ^ "MSNBC's Keith Olbermann Finds His Niche as a Bush-Bashing Hero for Lefties". Nymag.com. April 16, 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ^ "'Trust' - Fun Stars Enjoy Love Fest". NY Daily News. New York. August 9, 2006. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- Jewish Daily Forward.
- ^ Abramovitch, Seth (July 1, 2016). "The World According to Zoey Tur: An Interview With the Breakout Star of 'O.J.: Made in America'". The Hollywood Reporter.
Is the family Jewish? We're Jewish in culture, but not really observant.
- ^ "Olbermann's Girlfriend Katy Tur Joins The Weather Channel". Mediabistro.com. May 11, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
- ^ a b "Katy Tur". Reporters Info. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ^ "Katy Tur | The FRONTLINE Interviews: Trump's Road to the White House". PBS. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ Abramson, Jill (September 12, 2017). "A Memoir by Donald Trump's Favorite Target". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017.
As a reporter for NBC, Tur was assigned the task of alerting the Trump campaign to the now notorious "Access Hollywood" tape.....
- ^ Gross, Terry (September 12, 2017). "Reporter Katy Tur Shares Her 'Front-Row' View Of The Trump Campaign". NPR. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- Huffington Post.
- ^ Char Adams (November 3, 2016). "#ImWithTur: Journalists Rally Behind NBC News' Katy Tur After Trump Singles Her Out to Taunting Crowd in Florida". People.
- Huffington Post.
- ^ "Jorge Ramos, Jake Tapper, and Katy Tur Will Each Receive 2017 Walter Cronkite Award". TV Newser. March 17, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ Katie Tur (August 10, 2016). "My Crazy Year with Trump". Marie Claire.
- ^ Lozada, Carlos (September 12, 2017). "Katy Tur's insider memoir chronicles the Trump campaign — and the indignities of reporting while female". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- OCLC 981577557.
- ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction". The New York Times. October 21, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ Tur, Katy [@KatyTurNBC] (February 12, 2017). "Odds on @tonydokoupil and me making it out still engaged?" (Tweet). Retrieved December 6, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ "The Morning After: Impact of Trump's immigration order -- Inside Koch World and the Alfalfa Dinner -- Sunday Best -- Katy Tur is Engaged -- B'day: Paul Ryan". Politico. January 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
- ^ Vivinetto, Gina (April 16, 2019). "MSNBC's Katy Tur welcomes first child — see the sweet photo". TODAY.com. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ Mastrangelo, Dominick (May 17, 2021). "Katy Tur announces birth of second child". The Hill.
- ^ Mizoguchi, Karen (April 16, 2019). "MSNBC Live's Katy Tur Welcomes Son Theodore with Husband Tony Dokoupil — See His First Photo". People. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
- ^ Hod, Itay (June 13, 2017). "NBC's Katy Tur Slammed by Transgender Parent: 'She's Transphobic'". TheWrap. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- CBS Sunday Morning. CBS News. June 12, 2022. Archived from the originalon June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.