Katy Tur

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Katy Tur
Born Katharine Bear Tur
(1983-10-26) October 26, 1983 (age 40)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Journalist
Years active 2005–present
Employer NBC News
Parent(s) Zoey Tur
Marika Gerrard

Katharine Bear "Katy" Tur (born October 26, 1983)[1] is an American broadcast journalist working for NBC News.

Tur is an NBC News correspondent based in New York City. She reports for all platforms of NBC News, including Early Today, Today, NBC Nightly News, Meet The Press, WNBC-TV, MSNBC, and The Weather Channel.[2]

Early life and education

Tur is the daughter of journalists Hanna Zoey Tur (formerly Robert "Bob" Tur) and Marika Gerrard. She has one brother, James.

She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2005.[3][4]

Career

Tur has reported for WPIX-TV, News 12 Brooklyn, KTLA, and HD News / Cablevision.[5] Tur worked as a storm chaser for The Weather Channel for the network's VORTEX2 team.[6]

NBC News

Tur joined NBC News in 2009 at NBC's flagship station, WNBC-TV. While at NBC News, she covered the death of Cory Monteith, a motorcycle attack on an SUV, and the MH-370 search. She is covering the Donald Trump presidential campaign for the network as its campaign-embedded reporter.

Personal life

Tur was the girlfriend of political and sports commentator Keith Olbermann from 2006 to 2009.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Date of birth found on the California Birth Index 1905-1995 under TUR, KATHERINE BEAR on October 26, 1983, in Los Angeles County.
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