Katy Tur

Katy Tur

A fresh look at Katy Tur, offering readers expert commentary.

Tur began working as a reporter for KTLA TV in Los Angeles after graduation. She then worked for HD News, WPIX-TV, and Fox 5 New York. She then became a storm chaser for The Weather Channel’s VORTEX2.

Katy joined NBC News at WNBC-TV in 2009. She covered Cory Monteith’s death. Cory Monteith is a Canadian musician and actor known for his role in Glee. Monteith died of a mix of alcohol and drugs. Tur also covered a motorcycle attack on an SUV. For the networks, Tur covered important stories like the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Malaysia Airlines Airliner 370, also known as Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, was a passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing that vanished on March 8, 2014. On board were 12 crew members and 227 passengers, 38 Malaysians, 152 Chinese, and the rest from 13 different countries.

So yet, only one flaperon and some debris have been found. The flight’s disappearance is a mystery. Documentaries have addressed this mystery. She covered Trump’s 2016 campaign for NBC. She was to alert Trump’s staff of the NBC clip. Trump singled out Tur in his press criticism. In 2014 and 2015, she co-hosted NewsNation with Tamron Hall. She’s been on NBC Nightly News, Today, and Weekend Weekend Today since 2012. In Florida, Trump supporters booed and spit on her. Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway responded that Trump does not want to be harassed. For her work in 2017, she received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History was published in September 2017.

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