Katy Tur

Katy Tur: Biography in Details

Who is Katy Tur?

Katy Tur is an American author and broadcast journalist. Katy is also a TV anchor for MSNBC Live.

Presently, she is a prominent figure in the media as the correspondent for NBC News, based in New York City.

Additionally, she is famous for reporting Early Today, Meet the Press and NBC Nightly News.

Katy Tur- Birth, Age Family Life

Katy Tur was born on October 26, 1983, in Los Angeles in the state of California. Her parents are Zoey Tur and Marika Gerrard.

Her parents were journalists too and her dad has won Television News Emmy Awards, two Edward R. Murrow Awards, the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Humanitarian Award, and an Associated Press National Breaking News award.

Katy Tur has one sibling, her brother, James Tur. Her nationality is American and her ethnicity is Jewish.

In 2014, her father decided to change his gender so he went through transgender surgery and turned into a female.

In which school did Katy Tur attend?

As per her education, Katy Tur attended Brentwood School. Later she graduated there in 2001.

Afterward, Katy Tur joined the University of California, Santa Barbara. She graduated from there in 2005 with a degree of BA, in Philosophy.

Katy Tur- Professional Career

Katy Tur initiated her career in 2005. In her early career, she worked for WPIX-TV, News 12 Brooklyn, KTLA, and HD News/Cablevision. She served as the reporter on these networks.

Moreover, she covered the “March 2008 Crane Collapse on the Upper East Side”.

Afterward, Katy Tur joined VORTEX2 and worked as a storm chaser for their weather channel. She worked hard at every job she got. Consequently, it paid off and she joined the news agency giant NBC in 2009.

NBC

In the initial period, Katy Tur worked at NBC’s flagship station, WNBC-TV. She covered news like “MH-370 search”, “death of Cory Monteith”, and others.

Additionally, she also covered “Donald Trump’s Presidential Campaign”. Trump supporters booed her several times.

Book

In September 2017, Katy Tur published a book titled Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History. 

In the book, Katy Tur wrote down her experience while covering the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.

Awards, Nominations

In 2009, her coverage of the March 2008 crane collapse earned her AP’s Best Spot News Award. 

In 2017, Katy Tur received the prestigious Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

What is the net worth of Katy Tur?

Presently, Katy Tur earns a pretty good amount of salary and has a net worth of $4 million.

Her estimated annual salary is $1 million. Her primary source of income is journalism and anchoring.

Is Katy Tur involved in any rumors and controversies?

Katy Tur has been part of several controversies. Previously, she stirred a controversy when she forgot President Obama’s dealings with Russia while discussing it live on TV.

Additionally, she got attacked by Trump supporters socially and verbally. Presently, there are no other rumors that surround her personal or professional life.

Tur recently criticized Congress for not giving paid maternity leave and branded it shameful. There have been no rumors surrounding her.

Katy Tur: Body Measurement, Height, Weight

Her eyes are dark brown and her hair color is blonde. Moving towards her body measurements, Katy Tur has a good height of 5 feet 8 inches.

Her body weight is 65kg. Her dress size is 8 but her shoe size is unknown.

Katy Tur has an hourglass body with breast size 37, waist size 26 inches, and hips size 37.

Katy Tur: Social Media

Katy Tur is active on various sorts of social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. She has around 33.1k followers on Facebook.

She has more than 645k followers on Twitter and she has over 24.6k followers on her Instagram account.

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