Latest Katie Couric Stories
NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Television journalist, Katie Couric is the latest to join the elite line-up of industry leaders confirmed to speak in New York City on Thursday, December 1st at The Fourth Annual OnScreen Media Summit. Couric will interview Disney Media Networks' co-chair Anne Sweeney in a unique one-on-one conversation about the worldwide popularity of television resulting from the global expansion of digital television technology. (Photo: <font...
NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Television journalist, Katie Couric is the latest to join the elite line-up of industry leaders confirmed to speak in New York City on Thursday, December 1st at The Fourth Annual OnScreen Media Summit. Couric will interview Disney Media Networks' co-chair Anne Sweeney in a unique one-on-one conversation about the worldwide popularity of television resulting from the global expansion of digital television technology. (Photo: <font...
ROME, Ga., Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Katie Couric has agreed to be the honorary national chair of the National Parkinson Foundation's (NPF) inaugural Moving Day campaign, and together with the NPF Georgia chapter, they are asking Georgia residents to get ready to move on Saturday, October 22, at the State Mutual Stadium, Home of the Rome Braves, 755 Braves Boulevard, Rome, GA, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Moving Day is the first grassroots campaign to spotlight Parkinson's...
--Are Pittsburgh Residents Ready To Move?-- PITTSBURGH, Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Katie Couric has agreed to be the honorary national chair of a new fundraising walk, Moving Day, coming to Pittsburgh Oct. 1 from the National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) and its Western Pennsylvania Chapter. Moving Day is the first grassroots campaign to spotlight Parkinson's disease (PD) awareness on a national level. The importance of good care for people with Parkinson's is near and dear to...
--New Fundraising Walk Launching in 14 Cities-- MIAMI, August 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Katie Couric has agreed to be the honorary national chair of the National Parkinson Foundation's (NPF) inaugural Moving Day campaign. Moving Day is the first grassroots campaign to spotlight Parkinson's disease (PD) awareness on a national level. The importance of good care for people with Parkinson's is near and dear to Ms. Couric--her father, John Couric, 90, died recently from complications...
LOS ANGELES, June 13, 2011, /PRNewswire/ -- Acclaimed film producer and cancer activist Laura Ziskin died Sunday evening at her home in Santa Monica at the age of 61. Ziskin, who lived with breast cancer for seven years, is survived by her husband, screenwriter Alvin Sargent, with whom she frequently collaborated; daughter, producer Julia Barry, and son-in-law, writer Eli Dansky. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110613/DC18404-a ) (Photo:...
Life and Death, Love and Laughs in the OR Come Together at FunnySurgeryStories.com Birmingham, AL (PRWEB) June 01, 2011 The fledgling website, http://www.funnysurgerystories.com is going viral (pun intended) as hospital staff, surgeons and patients contribute their own anonymous true tales of life and laughs in an area once considered laugh-less. Now add to the mix a couple of New York Times Best Selling authors who specialize in the weirdest, dumbest and goofiest aspect of countless...
New Program Preserves Founder's Dream of Helping Students Earn College Degrees MINNEAPOLIS, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Scholarship America® celebrates 50 years of providing more than $2.5 billion in scholarships and sending 1.7 million students to college, the Minnesota-based nonprofit organization is launching A Dollar A Day to encourage communities nationwide to donate as little as $1 to help more students go to college. (Logo:...
Couric Helps Fund College Scholarships MINNEAPOLIS, April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scholarship America®, a Minnesota-based nonprofit that that helps raise and distribute college scholarships for students, was chosen by CBS Evening News anchor, Katie Couric, as the beneficiary of a portion of proceeds from her new book, The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons From Extraordinary Lives. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101108/DC97034LOGO) The book, which was released on...
NEW YORK, March 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Golden Globe® and Academy Award®-nominated actor and musician Terrence Howard appears in a moving window display at Rockefeller Plaza this month, encouraging viewers to get screened for colorectal cancer as an ambassador for the Entertainment Industry Foundation's National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (EIF's NCCRA) and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). Donated by EHE International, the window at 10 Rockefeller Plaza will house the display until...
