Ann Curry
Ann Curry
Ann Curryis an American television personality, news journalist and photojournalist. Curry has been a reporter for more than 30 years, focused on human suffering in war zones and natural disasters. Curry has reported from the wars in Syria, Darfur, Congo, the Central African Republic, Kosovo, Lebanon, Israel, Afghanistan and Iraq, among others. Curry has covered numerous disasters, including the tsunamis in Southeast Asia and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, where her appeal via Twitter topped Twitter's 'most powerful' list, credited...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth19 November 1956
CountryUnited States of America
I'm sorry I couldn't carry the ball over the finish line, but, man, I did try.
My father used to say, 'Well, Ann, maybe the best thing you'll ever do, you haven't even thought of yet.'
I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.
Rare is the book that can actually transform us into better, more fulfilled people. Having combed through the research and documented case studies all over the world, Kristof and WuDunn present the clearest view I have ever seen of the human soul. A Path Appears tells us whether we are intrinsically good, why specific ways we parent our newborns help predict their chances for success, and how we can live lives of greater significance. This book, full of rich and riveting true stories, reminds us that human greatness is all around us, and even within us, if we dare to look.
It's time to be bold about who you really are.
Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.
I have called the co-host job at the 'Today Show' my dream job, and I would be lying if I said it was easy to leave that job.
When people say negative things or speculate, you can't help but feel hurt.
When you treat yourself right, you run better and more efficiently. Which means you don't have to go 100 miles an hour to get everything done.
I try to do stories that make a difference -- stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear -- and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.
In the end, I want to be able to say, 'My life was what I made it.
I think eventually I want to become a teacher, like my father wanted to be, and hopefully positively influence the next generation.
I know NBC pays my salary but I have never doubted who I work for. I think about the people who watch. They're the ones who matter to me.
I don't always understand my worth.