Katy Tur

Tur is the daughter of journalists Zoey Tur and Marika Gerrard. She graduated from Brentwood School (2001),{{cite journal|title=Chasing Politics in front of the camera|journal=Brentwood Magazine|date=Spring 2016|page=49}} and from the University of California, Santa Barbara (2005) with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/news/features/30338/index4.html|title=MSNBC's Keith Olbermann Finds His Niche as a Bush-Bashing Hero for Lefties|publisher=Nymag.com|date=April 16, 2007|access-date=August 18, 2015|archive-date=June 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606070258/http://nymag.com/news/features/30338/index4.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/trust-fun-stars-enjoy-love-fest-article-1.551942|title='Trust' - Fun Stars Enjoy Love Fest|newspaper=NY Daily News|date=August 9, 2006|access-date=August 18, 2015|location=New York|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153915/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/trust-fun-stars-enjoy-love-fest-article-1.551942|url-status=live}} She is of Jewish descent.{{Cite web|last= Solomon|first= Daniel J.|title= Meet the Jewish Transgender Reporter Ben Shapiro Mocked at Yeshiva U.|publisher= Jewish Daily Forward|date= December 12, 2016|url= https://forward.com/news/national/356615/meet-the-jewish-transgender-reporter-ben-shapiro-mocked-at-yeshiva-u/|access-date= November 1, 2018|archive-date= November 16, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085456/https://forward.com/news/national/356615/meet-the-jewish-transgender-reporter-ben-shapiro-mocked-at-yeshiva-u/|url-status= live}}{{cite magazine|last=Abramovitch|first=Seth|title=The World According to Zoey Tur: An Interview With the Breakout Star of 'O.J.: Made in America'|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 1, 2016|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/world-zoey-tur-an-interview-907699|quote=Is the family Jewish? We're Jewish in culture, but not really observant.|access-date=November 1, 2018|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085522/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/world-zoey-tur-an-interview-907699|url-status=live}}

Tur reported for KTLA, HD News/Cablevision, News 12 Brooklyn, WPIX-TV, and Fox 5 New York.{{cite news|last1=Torregrosa|first1=Luisita|title='You Can't Rattle Her': Katy Tur on the Rise|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/style/katy-tur-donald-trump-nbc.html|access-date=11 June 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|date=10 June 2017|archive-date=October 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028152437/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/style/katy-tur-donald-trump-nbc.html|url-status=live}} Later on, Tur worked as a storm chaser for The Weather Channel on the network's VORTEX2 team.{{cite web |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/olbermans-girlfriend-katy-tur-joins-the-weather-channel_b28559 |title=Olbermann's Girlfriend Katy Tur Joins The Weather Channel |publisher=Mediabistro.com|date=May 11, 2009|access-date=April 15, 2014}}

In 2009, Tur joined NBC's local station in New York City, WNBC-TV, and then rose to the flagship NBC News at the national network level. That year she was awarded AP’s Best Spot News Award for coverage of the March 2008 crane collapse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. While at NBC News, she covered the death of Cory Monteith, a motorcycle attack on an SUV, and the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.{{cite web|title=Katy Tur|url=https://reportersinfo.com/reporter/katy-tur|website=Reporters Info|access-date=December 18, 2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220142742/https://reportersinfo.com/reporter/katy-tur|url-status=dead}}

Tur was NBC News's and MSNBC's embedded reporter on the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/trumps-road-whitehouse-frontline-interviews/transcript/katy-tur.html|work=PBS|title=Katy Tur {{!}} The FRONTLINE Interviews: Trump's Road to the White House|access-date=April 14, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803001755/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/trumps-road-whitehouse-frontline-interviews/transcript/katy-tur.html|url-status=live}} As a reporter for NBC, Tur was assigned the task of informing the Trump campaign about the Access Hollywood tape that the network had in its possession, featuring Trump's remarks about women in a conversation with Billy Bush.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/books/review/katy-tur-memior-unbelievable.html?src=twr |quote=As a reporter for NBC, Tur was assigned the task of alerting the Trump campaign to the now notorious “Access Hollywood” tape..... |title=A Memoir by Donald Trump's Favorite Target |first=Jill |last=Abramson |work=The New York Times |date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912143717/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/books/review/katy-tur-memior-unbelievable.html?src=twr |archive-date=September 12, 2017}}

On several occasions during his campaign rallies, Trump singled out Tur in his criticism of the press.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/09/12/550400541/reporter-katy-tur-shares-her-front-row-view-of-the-trump-campaign|work=NPR|title=Reporter Katy Tur Shares Her 'Front-Row' View Of The Trump Campaign|last=Gross|first=Terry|date=September 12, 2017|access-date=April 14, 2020|archive-date=January 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122030649/https://www.npr.org/2017/09/12/550400541/reporter-katy-tur-shares-her-front-row-view-of-the-trump-campaign|url-status=live}} At an event in Florida, Tur was booed by Trump supporters and, according to CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, verbally harassed.{{cite news|newspaper=Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-katy-tur-florida-rally_us_581aa7b8e4b0c43e6c1e1795|title=Trump Creepily Singles Out Reporter At Florida Rally (Again)|author=Rebecca Shapiro|date=November 3, 2016}} According to Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, "(Trump) didn't mean it in any malicious way",{{cite news|url=http://people.com/politics/imwithtur-journalists-behind-nbc-news-katy-tur-after-trump-singles-her-out-to-taunting-crowd-in-florida/|newspaper=People|date=November 3, 2016|author=Char Adams|title=#ImWithTur: Journalists Rally Behind NBC News' Katy Tur After Trump Singles Her Out to Taunting Crowd in Florida|archive-date=December 20, 2016|access-date=December 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220215146/http://people.com/politics/imwithtur-journalists-behind-nbc-news-katy-tur-after-trump-singles-her-out-to-taunting-crowd-in-florida/|url-status=live}} and he did not want anyone to attack or harass her.{{cite news|newspaper=Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-katy-tur-florida-rally_us_581aa7b8e4b0c43e6c1e1795|title=Trump Creepily Singles Out Reporter At Florida Rally (Again)|author=Rebecca Shapiro|date=November 3, 2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|access-date=December 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185538/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-katy-tur-florida-rally_us_581aa7b8e4b0c43e6c1e1795|url-status=live}}

In 2017, Tur received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.{{Cite news|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/jorge-ramos-jake-tapper-and-katy-tur-will-each-receive-2017-walter-cronkite-award/323542|title=Jorge Ramos, Jake Tapper, and Katy Tur Will Each Receive 2017 Walter Cronkite Award|date=2017-03-17|work=TV Newser|access-date=2018-08-05|archive-date=August 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805083634/https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/jorge-ramos-jake-tapper-and-katy-tur-will-each-receive-2017-walter-cronkite-award/323542|url-status=live}}

Tur reflected on covering the Trump campaign and his treatment of her at campaign rallies in an article for Marie Claire.{{cite news|newspaper=Marie Claire|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a21997/donald-trump-katy-tur/|author=Katie Tur|date=August 10, 2016|title=My Crazy Year with Trump|archive-date=August 11, 2016|access-date=August 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811211457/http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a21997/donald-trump-katy-tur/|url-status=live}} In September 2017, she published a book, Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History, recounting her experience in covering Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2017/09/12/katy-turs-insider-memoir-chronicles-the-trump-campaign-and-the-indignities-of-reporting-while-female/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Katy Tur's insider memoir chronicles the Trump campaign — and the indignities of reporting while female |first=Carlos |last=Lozada |date=September 12, 2017 |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912094510/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2017/09/12/katy-turs-insider-memoir-chronicles-the-trump-campaign-and-the-indignities-of-reporting-while-female/ |url-status=live }}{{cite book|last1=Tur|first1=Katy|title=Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History|date=2017|publisher=Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow|location=New York|isbn=978-0-062-68492-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YFARDgAAQBAJ&q=Unbelievable+:+my+front-row+seat+to+the+craziest+campaign+in+American+history|oclc=981577557}} The book spent several weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2017/10/22/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/|title=Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction|date=2017-10-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=December 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227212132/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2017/10/22/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/|url-status=live}}

From 2006 to 2009, Tur was in a relationship with then-MSNBC political commentator and sportscaster Keith Olbermann who openly claims to have edited and even written many of her news reports, as well as advising many of her career choices, paying off her student loans, and the rent to her apartment for a year after they separated. Tur married Tony Dokoupil, a correspondent for CBS News, on October 27, 2017, in Utah.{{Cite tweet|first=Katy|last=Tur|user=KatyTurNBC|number=830870638353055746|title= Odds on @tonydokoupil and me making it out still engaged?|date=February 12, 2017|access-date=December 6, 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2017/01/the-morning-after-impact-of-trumps-immigration-order-inside-koch-world-and-the-alfalfa-dinner-sunday-best-katy-tur-is-engaged-bday-paul-ryan-218454 |title=The Morning After: Impact of Trump's immigration order -- Inside Koch World and the Alfalfa Dinner -- Sunday Best -- Katy Tur is Engaged -- B'day: Paul Ryan |publisher=Politico |date=January 2017 |access-date=May 6, 2017 |archive-date=May 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524163414/http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2017/01/the-morning-after-impact-of-trumps-immigration-order-inside-koch-world-and-the-alfalfa-dinner-sunday-best-katy-tur-is-engaged-bday-paul-ryan-218454 |url-status=live }} Together they have a son, born in April 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/parents/msnbc-s-katy-tur-husband-announced-birth-first-child-t152283|title=MSNBC's Katy Tur welcomes first child — see the sweet photo|website=TODAY.com|first=Gina|last=Vivinetto|date=April 16, 2019|access-date=2019-04-19|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419175701/https://www.today.com/parents/msnbc-s-katy-tur-husband-announced-birth-first-child-t152283|url-status=live}} and a daughter, born in May 2021.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/553929-katy-tur-announces-birth-of-second-child|date=May 17, 2021|title=Katy Tur announces birth of second child|first=Dominick|last=Mastrangelo|work=The Hill|archive-date=May 18, 2021|access-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518020157/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/553929-katy-tur-announces-birth-of-second-child|url-status=live}} She also has two stepchildren from Dokoupil's first marriage.{{cite web |last=Mizoguchi |first=Karen |date=April 16, 2019 |title=MSNBC Live's Katy Tur Welcomes Son Theodore with Husband Tony Dokoupil — See His First Photo |url=https://people.com/parents/katy-tur-welcomes-son-theodore-husband-tony-dokoupil/ |access-date=April 4, 2020 |website=People |archive-date=April 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410214735/https://people.com/parents/katy-tur-welcomes-son-theodore-husband-tony-dokoupil/ |url-status=live }}

She is fluent in Spanish.

Tur had a falling out with one of her parents, Zoey Tur, and the two did not speak for several years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/nbcs-katy-tur-slammed-by-transgender-parent-in-facebook-post-shes-transophobic/|website=TheWrap|title=NBC's Katy Tur Slammed by Transgender Parent: 'She's Transphobic'|last=Hod|first=Itay|date=June 13, 2017|access-date=April 14, 2020|archive-date=May 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514232803/https://www.thewrap.com/nbcs-katy-tur-slammed-by-transgender-parent-in-facebook-post-shes-transophobic/|url-status=live}} In her 2022 book Rough Draft: A Memoir, Tur details her parents' achievements, as well as her relationship with them while being raised as the daughter of "parents as broadcast pioneers who often put themselves in harm's way".{{Cite news |date=2022-06-12 |title=In her new memoir Katy Tur writes "Rough Draft" of her parents' story |work=CBS Sunday Morning |publisher=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/katy-tur-memoir-rough-draft-her-parents-story/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612154035/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/katy-tur-memoir-rough-draft-her-parents-story/ |archive-date=2022-06-12}}

• Unbelievable: My Front Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History (Dey Street, 2017)
• Rough Draft: A Memoir (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2022)

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