> Katherine Anne Couric ( KURR-ik; born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of **Katie Couric** Media, a multimedia news and production company. She also publishes a daily newsletter, Wake Up Call. From 2013 to 2017, she was Yahoo's Global News Anchor. Couric has been a television host at all of the Big Three television networks in the United States, and in her early career she was an assignment editor for [[CNN]]. She worked for [[NBC News]] from 1989 to 2006, [[CBS News]] from 2006 to 2011, and [[ABC]] News from 2011 to 2014. In 2021, she appeared as a guest host for the game show Jeopardy!, the first woman to host the flagship American version of the show in its history. In addition to her roles in television news, Couric hosted Katie, a syndicated daytime talk show produced by Disney–[[ABC]] Domestic Television from September 2012 to June 2014. Some of her most important presenting roles include co-host of Today, anchor of the [[CBS Evening News]], and as a correspondent for 60 Minutes. Couric's 2011 book, The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives, was a New York Times bestseller. In 2004, Couric was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. > > [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie%20Couric)