The Life of Katie Couric “ I beg. I call. I badger. I cojole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that is really motivating.” Katie Couric was a news reporter and jumped from show to show. Katie’s career path, and challenges she had along the way was tough. She tried her hardest to be successful and reach her goals. She was a very interesting and kind-hearted person. Katie Couric has been a news anchor since the 1980’s. Katie was born on January 7, 1957 (pg.7). She was 5’4 (pg.15). Katie had a very normal and good childhood. There was not really much information about her childhood. Her dad and mom had good jobs and lived in a wealthy environment. They never went broke, they might of had their ups and down but her life was pretty normal …show more content…
Katie was there at the scene of two students being armed with guns and bombs in Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado and 13 people were killed (pg.93). In January 1999, Life Magazine named Katie one of its, “Heroes of the year” for the grace that she showed in the Face of Jay’s death. (pg.99). Many people wanted to talk about Jay’s death (pg.91). Her husband died from colon cancer. In 2009, she won a Walter Cronkite award for special achievement for Journalism Excellence for interviews with vice-principal Sarah Palin (pg.4). She left CBS Evening News in 2011 (pg.4). In 2011, she announced that she is going back to ABC (pg.4). In 2014, she left her show Katie to work for Yahoo as their global anchor. She was engaged to John Molner since 2013. (pg.4). Katie is the pert conhost who in her 40’s earns on the biggest salaries in the business. (pg.15). In conclusion, “Be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors”. Katie was very successful through her years. She was intelligent and worked very hard for her goals. She had a lot of friends that supported her through the death of her husband and the engagement to John Molner in 2013. Do you think it is right for transgenders to have equal rights has regular people? Katie hopes her TV documentary about gender will promote compassion and understanding in states such as Texas that have proposed a bathroom bill that treatens transgender rights and
Oprah Winfrey is an outstanding & determined bright woman. Winfrey is a very advocate person. She has encouraged and inspired many people, but when she was growing up it was rough for her, but after her courageous and outstanding work, she is now a billionaire and helps a lot of charities.
Josephine Baker was an exceptional woman who never depended on a man. She never hesitated to leave a man when she felt good and ready. In her lifetime she accomplished many great things. She adopted 12 children, served France during World War II, and was an honorable correspondent for the French Resistance.
On the webpage “Hearing HQ”(1) we learn about Katie Leclerc and her childhood. It is stated that she is part of a small tightknit family. We learn that Katie was bullied by three girls. She has reported “that the girls would poke her with sticks and spread vicious rumors. One even threatened her life.” Katie stated “how she was terrified to go to school.” Finally, Katie’s family moved from Colorado to California for a new start. It was there that Katie was inspired to start acting and fell in love with acting after a lead role in Annie in a junior high show. Shortly later, she started starring in commercials
The great feminist theorist once said “‘Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they don’t see it, but because they see it and don’t want it to exist’” (Mook 195). Support becomes very important for transgender people at the time they transition. Many families support their transgender family members, but society rejects their transition. Many people want transgender people out of their communities. The resource of knowledge seems important to transgenders because it lets them tolerate the ignorance of people. Money plays an important role when the time comes to pay medical bills. In the book Redefining Realness by Janet Mock, She relates the importance of resources. Resources should be important for transgender people because
In one interview Katie Couric sat down with Cox and transgender model Carmen Carrera to discuss their experiences as high-profile transgender women. However, Couric seemed “…mostly interested in talking to both women about their genitalia, in order to ‘educate’ others who may not be ‘familiar with transgenders’” (McDonough 2014). This demonstrates a distinct lack of the sociolinguistic competence necessary to determine what questions are or are not appropriate in a social setting. No cis woman would be expected to answer questions about their genitalia in a televised interview, yet these inappropriate questions are ones trans women face far too often. The fascination with investigating whether or not they fit with the mainstream media’s view of what a woman is—one who’s gender identity and genitalia both match—results in a complete disregard for what would otherwise be a very clearly taboo topic. Additionally, her use of “transgenders” as a noun shows a clear lack of understanding in even the most basic rhetoric used in describing trans individuals, emphasizing once again the linguistic divide between cis gendered woman and trans gendered
Oprah’s childhood was not the greatest. Her unmarried parents split up, and she grew up on a farm with her grandmother. She developed rapidly and could read before she was three. Also, she was tested out of kindergarten and second grade, thus only taking first grade and skipping to third grade. When she turned six, she started to live with her mother and was very lonely. However, she began her speaking profession around that time. “She was invited to recite poetry at black social clubs and church teas, where she became known as ‘the little speaker.’ At 12, during a visit to her father in Nashville, she earned $500 for a speech she delivered at a church” (“Winfrey, Oprah”). As you can tell, Oprah started young in her profession and was determined to make a living off of this since her prior experiences.
To conclude, I chose this article as I found the discussion point interesting and wanted to bring to more people’s attention some of the underlying discrimination that is embedded in U.S. culture. Although transgender people are in the minority, they are no less than myself. I believe strongly that they deserve the same rights and opportunities that are presented to me daily. This article is relevant to the issues of Cultural Anthropology as it addresses questions surrounding gender stereotypes, gender discrimination, gender performance as well as relationship ties and kinship.
Transgendered people in America have made many great strides since the 1990s. They have encountered violence, lack of health care, and the loss of homes, jobs, family and friends. There have been many phases of the struggle of being transgendered in America over the years. The current phase we must be in now is equal rights. There are many variations of discrimination against the transgendered community. In our society we simply do not like what we do not understand. It is easier to discriminate than to try and understand. We are all created different and we should appreciate our differences. The change must come by addressing the views of the public. There is much justification in the unequal rights of transgendered peoples. The Human Rights Campaign has been started to achieve equal rights for all Americans including the LGBQ community. A serious injustice is in the world of sports. Professional sports are one of societies major traditions totally based on rules and regulations that are meant to preserve the integrality of the games, but may not be inclusive to all its players.
Oprah’s father made sure she was well educated by having her write book reports, learning vocabulary, and had strict rules for her as she grew up. She entered into the Elks Club speaking contest and won a full scholarship to Tennessee State University. The following year Oprah Winfrey was invited to the White House Conference on Youth. Oprah was becoming known for her speaking skills. She was offered a broadcasting job that she turned down twice. However, she eventually accepted it and became the first African American female co anchor of the evening news as a sophomore in college at just nineteen years
Despite starting out with a low IQ of under 70 she went on to become a teacher and earn a college degree. She is now an internationally renowned public speaker (which is no small feat considering her former sensitivity to noise and bright lights) and is also a singer and songwriter. She has also since published many other books. Her first book was on the New York Times Bestseller List for 15
Kim Kardashian has always wanted to be in a reality television show since the age of twelve. She helped her family get into a reality show named “Keeping up with the Kardashians” in 2007 which was a hit right when it came out. Today reality show is so successful that they have taped 8 seasons and season 9 will come out in a few months. “Keeping up with the Kardashians” helped the family get to the top and gave them the American dream. The show is about the Kardashian family living their celebrity lives and all the problems the media gives them and how it affects their family. Kim’s amazing acting, with the help of her of her family, shows a lot of drama in each episode which is what makes the show so popular. A fact that people don’t know about her is that the reality show is a full time job. It requires a lot of work to keep the viewers entertained, while at the same time maintain a good bond with each family member. Also, if it was...
We, as human beings, should be involved in the idea of supporting rights and equality for transgenders because they are one of us no matter what they believe. It definitely matters to the audience to aware of since discrimination against transgender is still a susceptible issue, not only defense against gender minorities, but also against human rights generally. If we do not start correcting this problem, our family members or children may experience the unavoidable consequences of it themselves in the future. We need to fight to protect the rights and safety of transgender nonconforming students to be treated with respect at school as well as their parents.
Kristen Mary Jenner was born in San Diego in 1955. She married Robert Kardashian, a lawyer 11 years her senior, when she was twenty-two. By the time she was thirty,they had four children but in 1990 she had an affair with a soccer player and Robert Kardashian
Oprah has successfully accomplished being a talk show host. As well, she challenged the fabulous forces that she encountered. This truly is why the story of Oprah Winfrey is one of supernatural wonder.
Because I am a journalism student, I have talked, researched and discussed with many of my fellow students and faculty members about the topics above. I am choosing to talk about this because I think it is important and they are pertinent issues in the journalism field. I am also very interested in this topic, so I thought it would be fun to take the opportunity you gave us to design our own multi-part question and write about something in journalism that is appealing to me.