A conversation with Katie Couric, news anchor, bestselling author, and media entrepreneur, on the media, politics, and the future of democracy. Moderated by Nancy Gibbs, Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice at Harvard Kennedy School.
Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist and #1 New York Times best-selling author of her memoir, Going There, which was published in October 2021. She is also a co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) which has raised almost $800 million for cancer research.
Couric was the first woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast, serving as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 2006 to 2011 following 15-years as co-anchor of NBC’s Today show.
In 2017, she founded Katie Couric Media (KCM), which has developed a number of media projects, including a daily newsletter, “Wake-Up Call”, a podcast, Next Question, digital video series and several documentaries.
