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Going There: Katie Couric in Conversation with Jodi Kantor

Sep 12, 2022


For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. Inspired by her journalist father to pursue the career he loved, she overcame every obstacle in her way: insecurity, an eating disorder, being typecast, sexism and the devasting loss of her husband, Jay to colon cancer when he was just 42, leaving her a widow and single mom to two daughters, 6 and 2. Join her in conversation with prize winning New York Times investigative reporter and bestselling author Jodi Kantor as she discusses her memoir Going There and candidly talks about adjusting to sudden fame after her astonishing rise to co-anchor of the TODAY show, details of her historic move to the anchor chair at the CBS Evening News—a world rife with sexism and misogyny. And in the wake of the MeToo movement, Couric shares her clear-eyed reckoning with gender inequality and predatory behavior in the workplace, and downfall of Matt Lauer—a colleague she had trusted and respected for more than a decade. If you thought you knew Katie Couric, think again. Hers is an emotionally riveting story of a thoroughly modern woman, whose journey took her from humble origins to superstardom.

Katie Couric

Katie Couric (@katiecouric) is an award-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author …

Katie Couric

Katie Couric (@katiecouric) is an award-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling 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 more than $700 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. You can find it all at katiecouric.com.

Jodi Kantor

Jodi Kantor is a prize-winning investigative reporter and bestselling author …

Jodi Kantor

Jodi Kantor is a prize-winning investigative reporter and bestselling author whose work has revealed hidden truths about power, gender, technology, politics and culture.

In October 2017, she and Megan Twohey broke the story of decades of sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Their work helped ignite the #MeToo movement, shift attitudes, and spur new laws, policies and standards of accountability around the globe. Together with a team of colleagues who exposed harassment across industries, they were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service, journalism’s highest award. They also received or shared in numerous other honors, including a George Polk award and being named to Time magazine list of 100 most influential people of the year.

“She Said,” Kantor and Twohey’s book recounting the Weinstein investigation, was called “an instant classic of investigative journalism” by the Washington Post and one of the best books of 2019 by the New York Public Library, NPR, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time, and many other publications.

Before then, Ms. Kantor’s article about the havoc caused by automated scheduling systems in Starbucks workers’ lives spurred changes at the company and helped spark a national fair-scheduling movement. After she and David Streitfeld investigated punishing practices at Amazon’s corporate headquarters, the company changed its human resources policies, introducing paternity leave and eliminating its employee ranking system. Ms. Kantor’s report on working mothers and breastfeeding inspired two readers to create the first free-standing lactation suites for nursing mothers, now available in hundreds of airports and stadiums.

For six years, Ms. Kantor wrote about Barack and Michelle Obama. Ms. Kantor’s bestselling book The Obamas, about their behind-the-scenes adjustment to the jobs of president and first lady, was published in 2012. Ms. Kantor, a contributor to CBS This Morning, lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Ron Lieber, and their two daughters. Please follow her work on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.


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