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Katy Tur
NameKaty Tur
CaptionTur in 2016
Birth date26 October 1983
Birth placeLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, University of California, Los Angeles
OccupationJournalist, author, news anchor
EmployerNBC News
Known forMSNBC anchor, campaign reporting for NBC News
SpouseTony Dokoupil (m. 2022)

Katy Tur is an American broadcast journalist and author known for her work with NBC News and as an anchor for MSNBC. She gained national prominence for her extensive on-the-ground reporting during the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump. Tur has anchored various programs on MSNBC, including MSNBC Reports and Katy Tur Reports, and is a frequent contributor to NBC Nightly News and Today.

Early life and education

Born in Los Angeles, she is the daughter of Bob Tur, a pioneering helicopter journalist, and Marla Maples, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer. Her early exposure to newsgathering came from accompanying her father on assignments for his Los Angeles News Service. Tur attended the University of California, Santa Barbara before transferring to the University of California, Los Angeles, where she graduated with a degree in English literature.

Career

Her professional career began with local news reporting at WPIX in New York City and KCAL-TV in Los Angeles. She joined NBC News in 2012 as a correspondent, initially based in London covering international events across Europe and the Middle East. Tur rose to national prominence as a campaign embedded reporter for NBC News during the 2016 Republican primaries, assigned to cover the candidacy of Donald Trump. Her relentless travel schedule and direct reporting from campaign rallies were documented in her memoir, Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History. Following the election, she became a anchor for MSNBC, hosting the program MSNBC Live before launching her own show, Katy Tur Reports. She has reported on major stories including the COVID-19 pandemic, the January 6 Capitol attack, and the 2020 presidential election. In 2023, she began anchoring the 2 p.m. ET hour of MSNBC Reports.

Personal life

She married CBS News anchor and correspondent Tony Dokoupil in 2022. The couple has two children and resides in New York City. In her memoir, she has written about the challenges of being a journalist in the modern media landscape and the intense public scrutiny that accompanied her high-profile campaign assignment.

Awards and recognition

For her campaign reporting, she received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism. Her work has also been recognized by the Gracie Awards, which honor women in media. She was named to Forbes' "30 Under 30" list in media in 2014.

Bibliography

* Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History (2017) * Rough Draft: A Memoir (2024)

Category:American television journalists Category:MSNBC people Category:NBC News journalists Category:1983 births Category:Living people