What happened to Ann Curry after a 25-year career at NBC News?

Curry, the eldest of five, was born in Guam to Hiroe Nagase and Robert Paul “Bob” Curry. As a child she spent several years living in Japan before her family moved to Oregon where she attended high school and would later attend and graduate from college.

She began her broadcasting career in 1978 as an intern at KTVL, then an NBC affiliate in Oregon. After succeeding as an intern she was promoted to become the station’s first female news reporter.

Two years into her career she moved to KGW in Portland where she worked as both an anchor and reporter. She later moved to Los Angeles where she worked as a reporter for a CBS affiliate for six years.

During that time she won two Emmy Awards for her work.

Career at NBC News

In 1990, Curry began her career at NBC News.

She began as an NBC News Chicago correspondent before securing a job as an anchor on the now defunct show, NBC News at Sunrise. During her five-year stint as an anchor on the morning show, she also filled in for Today‘s Matt Lauer.

In 1997 she was promoted to news anchor on Today and held the position from 1997 to 2011.

In addition to reading the news on Today, Curry was named co-anchor of Dateline NBC in 2005, and she was the main substitute on NBC Nightly News from 2005 to 2011.

Ann Curry, Al Roker, Katie Couric and Matt Lauer. (Photo by Rick Maiman/Sygma via Getty Images)

Regardless of her accolades or coverage of hard news stories, in June 2012, Curry found herself out of a job.

Her departure was emotional and public, and it was never very clear the reason behind her leaving Today.

While she no longer sat next to Matt Lauer, she remained with NBC News, but only until January 2015.

Life after NBC News

Following her 25-year career with NBC News, Curry slowed down, but made no less of an impact with her reporting.

She founded a multi-platform media company, reported and produced the PBS series We’ll Meet Again, gave a TED Talk about restoring trust in journalism, and hosted TNT’s Chasing the Cure.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 30: Ann Curry attends the 2023 A Great Night In Harlem Gala at The Apollo Theater on March 30, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

In 2022, Curry received the Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award from Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. The university recognized her work “on human suffering in war zones and natural disasters through her work as an American journalist, photojournalist, and reporter.”

Most recently, Curry sat down with Min Jin Lee, author of “Pachinko,” for PBS Arts Talk.

And while Curry has kept posting to a bare minimum on social media, after a year and a half absence, she returned to share a wintry photo.

“Good morning world. Keep safe and cozy. ‘The woods are lovely, dark and deep…’” she wrote before disappearing again.

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