CNN:
and Bosnia, 233–39, 243–45, 249
and Christiane, 11, 92, 116, 180, 212–23, 224–39, 250–51, 307, 311, 314, 316–17, 321–22, 324–25, 329–31, 380–92, 424
God’s Warriors, 330–31, 380
and Gulf War, 180, 223, 224–29
and Katie, 107–9, 113–21, 215
office politics in, 214
start-up, 88–92, 107
voice-overs, 216–17
The War Within, 324, 330
CNN International, 383–85, 386, 416–17
Colbert, Stephen, 367, 385
Collingwood, Charles, 45
Columbine High School shootings, 265, 266, 269
Colvin, Marie, 233
Conger, Darva, 271
Cooper, Anderson, 389, 397, 416
Copeland, Aimee, 419
Cosby, David, 30–31
Couric, Clara “Kiki” (sister), 93, 95, 97, 104
Couric, Elinor Hene (mother), 93–95, 104, 195, 283
Couric, Emily (sister), 19–20, 22, 93, 95, 102, 208, 275–76, 282–83
Couric, John Martin (father), 93, 94, 95, 127, 283
Couric, John Martin Jr. (brother), 93, 95
Couric, Katie, 16–22, 93–128, 179–211
and ABC, 105–7, 414, 417–21, 425–27, 429–30
ambition of, 17, 96, 102, 104–5, 113, 114–15, 117, 122–23, 124–25, 184, 190, 195, 197, 435
awards to, 366, 408, 410
birth and childhood, 18, 93–96
career trajectory of, 23, 120, 193, 283, 340–41, 396, 410, 430, 433, 434, 435
and CBS, 21, 293–97, 337–38, 339, 342–56, 363–67, 407–13, 424, 425
and CNN, 107–9, 113–21, 215
colon cancer activism of, 17, 21–22, 23, 82, 102, 210–11, 274–75, 338–39
and competition, 262–72, 273–74, 284–87, 290–93, 363, 374–75, 397, 403, 407
in Egypt, 397–98
and fame, 194, 195, 196, 200, 202, 293, 337
and family, 191, 194, 199–200, 208–9, 270, 272
as first solo female anchor, 21, 339–42, 354, 356, 413
income of, 283–84, 292, 337, 341, 349, 351, 353, 376, 408–9, 412, 413, 414, 430
and interviews, 189, 191–94, 200–201, 202–3, 265, 266, 296, 328, 341, 346, 353, 355–56, 363–67, 367, 371, 374, 411, 412, 419–20
and Jay, see Monahan, Jay
and Katie, 417–21, 425–26, 429–30
and Molner, 421, 427, 433
and NBC, 180–82, 191–94, 337–38, 342
on-air persona of, 117, 118, 121, 181–82, 190–91, 262, 266, 271, 292, 295, 339, 341–44, 347, 355, 366, 374, 377, 396, 435
personal traits of, 18–19, 22, 23, 109, 114, 117–19, 121–22, 125, 208–9, 273–74, 340, 344, 352
personal traumas of, 20–21, 205–9, 275–76, 282–83
public image of, 211, 257, 268, 269–70, 273, 276–77, 284, 292, 293, 339–40, 347, 348–49, 353, 370, 375–76, 411–12, 426
and self-promotion, 108–9, 283, 411
and 60 Minutes, 339, 349, 408, 411
talent of, 124–25, 180, 338, 367
teen years of, 95–98
and Today, see Today
at University of Virginia, 97–104
and Yahoo News, 430–31
and Zucker, see Zucker, Jeff
Croatia, Christiane in, 229–35, 240
Cronkite, Walter, 45, 56, 62, 110, 158, 175, 191, 295, 410
career move of, 16, 332, 380, 416
as gold standard, 116, 251, 360, 366, 396, 407, 432
and JFK assassination, 39–40
and Katie, 342, 346, 347–48
Crossman, Sara, 95–97
Curle, Chris, 106, 107, 109, 113, 116, 117, 121
Curry, Ann, 181, 184n, 273, 338
Dalai Lama, 381
Daly, Emma, 11, 231, 232, 234, 235, 237, 241, 242, 247–48, 250, 298–99, 308, 309
Dana, Rebecca, 335, 356
Davis-Goff, Annabel, 149, 153
Dean, John, 53–54, 55, 59, 62, 64
DeGeneres, Ellen, 367, 419
Delahaye, Luc, 231, 242, 247–48
Delaney, Kevin, 104–5
DeMille, Cecil B., 210
DePaulo, Lisa, 179, 203
Diamond, Nancy, 212
Diana, Princess of Wales, 174, 281, 310
Diba, Queen Farah, 72, 75, 80
Dickerson, Nancy Hanschman, 45, 47
Dole, Bob and Elizabeth, 200–201, 341
Donahue, Phil, 158
Donaldson, Sam, 105, 160, 164, 170–71, 236
Doss, David, 378, 395
Douglas, Paul, 324
Dozier, Kimberly, 324
D’Souza, Christa, 83, 223
Duke, David, 189, 341
Dunagan, Foxie and Norma Belle, 5
Duncan, Lane, 97, 105, 106, 114, 115
Ebadi, Shirin, 320
Ebersol, Dick, 183, 184
Edwards, Douglas, 29, 47, 295
Edwards, John and Elizabath, 353
Ehrlichman, John, 59, 62, 64, 68
Elizabeth II, queen of England, 331
Emerson, Gloria, 48, 233
Entelis, Amy, 157
Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), 21, 210, 211
Ephron, Nora, 38, 61, 343
Esfandiari, Haleh, 71, 72–73
Evans, Gail, 115, 116, 117, 215
Evans, Jane, 217, 223, 225, 226, 227
Exley, Frederick, 159
Face the Nation, 382, 396, 415–16
Fager, Jeff, 147, 169–70, 347, 408, 409, 410, 411, 415
Fallaci, Oriana, 83, 233
Falwell, Jerry, 330
Farman-Farmaian, Ayshe, 72, 83
Farmer, Don, 90, 106–9, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120–21
Fassihi, Farnaz, 386
Federbush, Yael, 266, 281
Ferraro, Geraldine, 219
Fleet, Maria, 91, 92, 180, 212, 213, 216–17, 223, 226–28
Fleischaker, Marc, 28, 31, 44
Florea, Janie McMullen, 94, 95–97, 208, 283
Fox, Marie, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
Francis, Fred, 125, 181
Frederick, Pauline, 46–47, 48
Freeman, Morgan, 346n
Friedan, Betty, 38, 47, 48, 57, 60
Friedman, Jon, 396, 399
Friedman, Paul, 56–57, 60, 344–45, 351, 389, 403, 407, 408
Furness, Betty, 112
Gaddhafi, Muammar, 251, 400–401
Gadinsky, Brian, 121–22
Gannon, Frank, 63, 67, 131
Garagiola, Joe, 184, 188
Gbowee, Leymah, 386
Gellhorn, Martha, 83, 233
Gibson, Charlie, 352
and competition, 262, 271, 284, 363
and Diane, 279, 281–82, 287, 290, 333–35, 337, 369, 410
and GMA, 177, 257, 258, 259, 260–61, 262, 263–65, 268, 270–71, 279, 280, 282, 289, 291, 334
and retirement, 368–69
and World News Tonight, 333–35, 356, 363, 368–69, 370, 410
Gibson, Mel, 288–89, 357–58
Giffords, Gabrielle, 394, 395
Goldwyn, Samuel, 210
Gollust, Allison, 202, 274, 284, 287
Goodman, Ellen, 61
Goodman, Roger, 160, 161–62
Good Morning America, 139–40, 160
and competition, 137, 177–78, 197, 257–60, 262, 264
and Diane, 178, 197, 257, 259–71, 279–82, 284–93, 297, 334, 358–60, 368, 370, 402, 432
and Gibson, see Gibson, Charlie
and Lunden, 140, 259
and She
rwood, 290, 291, 378
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 307, 318
Green, Judi Lempert, 37, 38
Greene, Diana, 114, 116, 118, 216
Gulf War, 180, 223, 224–29
Gumbel, Bryant, 112–13, 183–84, 188–90, 192, 197–98, 202, 271, 273
Gupta, Sanjay, 389, 416
Gurbst, Mimi, 162
Hagan, Joe, 334, 346, 353
Haiti earthquake, 373–75
Haldeman, H. R., 53, 54, 59, 62, 64, 65, 68
Hampton, Tom, 31
Hart, Lois, 90, 107, 113, 117
Hartman, Rome, 344–45, 354
Haviv, Ron, 230–31, 232, 239, 242, 243–44, 246, 247–48, 317–18, 321, 322, 398
Hayes, Ray, 52, 149
Haynes, Greg, 7, 8, 9, 31, 42, 53, 55
Haynes, Sallie Schulten, 32, 53
Hayter, Sparkle, 11, 91–92, 116, 212, 217, 218
Hereford, Frank Loucks, 100, 103
Hernandez, Daniel, 394
Hewitt, Don, 144–48, 160, 183, 250–51, 314
Heyward, Andrew, 293–94, 295, 296–97, 372, 377
Hill, Anita, 191–92, 265
Hilton, Perez, 426
Hiltzik, Matthew, 409, 421
Hoffman, Abbie, 91
Holbrooke, Richard, 139, 141, 142, 144, 149, 150, 152, 153–54, 379
Holocaust, 367, 371, 429
Holyfield, Evander, 263–64
Houston, Whitney, 285–86, 289, 436
Howard, Lisa, 45, 48
Howard, Margo, 146
Howell, Betsy Yowell, 95–97, 115, 194, 283
Hume, Brit, 105
Humphrey, Hubert H., 53
Hunt, E. Howard, 58
Huntley, Chet, 29
Hurricane Katrina, 297, 395
Hussein, king of Jordan, 251
Hussein, Saddam, 180, 223, 226, 288, 317, 329
Iger, Bob, 378, 380, 390
India, missing girls in, 319–20, 325
Indian Ocean tsunami, 290–91
Iran:
Amanpour family in, 12, 69–70, 71–72, 217–18, 229, 303, 304–5, 423
American hostages in, 84, 117, 135, 251
Islamic Revolution (1979) in, 11, 77–78, 80–82, 229
nuclear plans of, 371–72
and Revolutionary Journey, 304–5
SAVAK (secret police), 72–73, 80
Iraq, 228–29, 287–88, 317–18, 322–24, 325
Isaacson, Walter, 317, 331, 381
Jackson, Michael, 168, 285
Japan, earthquake and tsunami, 402–3
Jennings, Peter, 160, 389
career move of, 16, 332, 380
and competition, 174, 175–76, 182, 344
death of, 333
and Diane, 50, 281, 288
and World News Tonight, 57, 161–62, 169, 280, 333, 369
Johnson, Beth, 37, 38, 43
Johnson, Lyndon B., 55, 362
Jones, Jim, 134–35
Jordan, Eason, 215, 243
Kalb, Marvin, 131, 134
Kaplan, Dave, 236, 237
Kaplan, Rick, 164, 171, 354–56, 364, 394–95, 410, 412–13
Kardashian, Kim, 426–27
Katie, 417–21, 425–26, 429–30
Kavanau, Ted, 90–91, 108, 121, 190, 198
Kazakhstan, Christiane in, 318–19
Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted,” 105, 106, 120
Kennedy, John F., 39–40
Kennedy, John F. Jr., 84–88, 304, 306–7
Kennedy, Robert F., 4, 45
Kennedy, Ted Jr., 222
Kerry, John, 295
Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali, 429
Khatami, Seyyed Mohammad, 251–52, 320
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 78, 80
Khosravi, Parisa, 219–20, 221, 222, 228, 234–35, 246, 251, 303, 307, 315, 322, 325–26, 328, 330
Khoury, Elias, 387
Kiernan, David, 126, 186, 194, 203, 205, 206–7
King, Don, 263–64
King, Larry, 124, 204, 282, 306
King, Martin Luther Jr., 4, 38, 45
Kissinger, Henry A., 53, 54, 138
Koch, Ed, 62
Koppel, Ted, 56, 105, 160, 169, 174, 175
Kuralt, Charles, 136, 137, 139
Kurtis, Bill, 139, 141, 143
Kurtz, Howard, 368, 409
Kuwait, Diane in, 287–88
Ladendorff, Marcia, 89, 90, 91, 108–9, 215
Latifah, Queen, 414, 426
Lauer, Matt, 184n, 202, 257, 262, 264, 266, 271–74, 278–79, 284, 285, 287, 339, 340–41, 418, 433
Leff, Mark, 215
Leno, Jay, 16, 22, 197, 413
Letterman, David, 410
Lewinsky, Monica, 176, 252, 265, 272
Lewis, Lennox, 263–64
Lilly Ledbetter Act, 365
Littell, Rob, 86, 87
Lobb, Kathleen, 21, 101, 123, 125, 126, 184, 203, 204–5, 206–7, 269
Locke, Mandy, 126, 187, 194, 200–201, 203, 205–7
Logan, Lara, 144n, 399–400
Loory, Stuart, 109
Louisville, Kentucky:
Diane at WLKY in, 3, 4, 6, 8, 43–45, 49–50, 64
Diane’s early years in, 3–5, 360
integration in, 30–31, 34, 36, 361
racial strife in, 3–4, 10, 29–30, 33–34, 50
Love, Yeardley, 419
Lunden, Joan, 140, 178, 191, 257, 259
MacFarquhar, Neil, 225–26
Mackin, Cassie, 105–6, 119–20, 156, 196
Macmillan, David, 310, 311
Maddox, Tony, 329
Manji, Irshad, 386
Maples, Marla, 168
Marchand, Paul, 248
Marcus, Bret, 124
Marshall, Catherine, 34–35, 36, 66, 161, 363
Marton, Kati, 153–54, 379
Mary Tyler Moore Show, 118
May, Elaine, 151
Mayer, Marissa, 430–31
McCain, John, 363, 364
McChrystal, Stanley, 373
McClellan, Max, 144n
McDonald, Bob, 7
McDonald, Celia, 8
McGee, Frank, 56, 110
McGinnis, Marcy, 60, 63, 105, 131, 337
McGovern, George, 58, 59, 111–12
McGrady, Phyllis, 8, 160, 161, 164, 169, 171, 258, 260–61, 262, 270, 281, 285, 291, 297
McGuirk, Liza, 213–14, 220–21, 222, 299, 302, 379, 417
McLaughlin, Marya, 45, 47–48
McManus, Sean, 297, 343, 344, 351, 366, 408
McRee, Lisa, 257–58, 259
Meet the Press, 382, 390, 396, 415
Menendez brothers, 168, 265
Mews, Renalda, 89
Milestone, Judy, 116, 118, 239
Milk, Harvey, 103
Miller, Jim, 225
Miller, Judith, 318
Miller, Lee, 233
Milosevic, Slobodan, 230, 238
Mitchell, John, 54, 58, 59, 62, 64
Mitchell, Martha, 54
Moaveni, Azadeh, 386
Molner, John, 421, 427, 433
Monahan, Caroline Couric “Carrie,” 199–200, 270, 272, 354, 366, 427, 433
Monahan, Elinor Tully, 191, 194, 200, 270, 272, 354, 366, 427, 433
Monahan, Jay, 93, 94, 126–27, 339
death of, 17–18, 20, 22, 208–9, 257, 269, 271, 272, 282, 367
and family, 191, 194, 196, 200
illness of, 19, 204–8, 210
Jay Monahan Center, 269, 274
marriage of Katie and, 127, 179, 186, 187, 194–97, 198–200, 203
Moonves, Leslie, 293–94,
295, 296, 333, 337–38, 342, 343, 344, 352, 376, 397, 408–11, 418
Moreno de Mora, Miguel Gil, 308–9
Moses, Gig, 75–77
Moth, Margaret, 232–35
Mubarak, Hosni, 251, 397, 398–99, 400, 401, 436
Mudd, Roger, 131, 133, 134, 137–38, 141
Mugabe, Robert, 380–81
Muir, David, 373, 415, 424–25, 433
Murdoch, Rupert, 169
Murphy, Jim, 356, 357
Murrow, Edward R., 16, 45, 251, 332, 380, 416–17
Murrow’s Boys, 45, 132, 144, 251
Musharraf, Pervez, 315
Nathanson, Caryn, 201, 210
National Organization for Women (NOW), 57, 60
NBC:
and Katie, 180–82, 191–94, 337–38, 342
Women’s Revolt in, 57–58, 61
NBC Nightly News, 407, 433
Neshat, Shirin, 386
Neuffer, Elizabeth, 241
Newman, David, 104
Newman, Kevin, 257–58, 259
Newman, Paul, 197
News Sorority, 23–24
Newsweek, 61, 299, 339, 340
New York Times, 55, 291–92
Nichols, Mike, 149–56, 164–65, 173, 176, 291, 293, 415, 421–22
Nixon, Pat, 54, 65–66
Nixon, Richard M., 51–52
in China, 55–56
Diane’s interview with, 138–39, 192
Diane’s jobs with, 51–56, 58, 59–60, 65–67
Diane’s loyalty to, 6, 9, 59, 63–67, 131–32, 133
and impeachment, 64
memoirs of, 67–68, 131, 132
resignation of, 66–67, 132
and tapes, 64–65
and Watergate, 58–59, 62, 63, 64, 67, 138
Nobis, Louise, 120
Noriega, Manuel, 180
Norville, Deborah, 182–84, 186–88, 191
Nunn, Ray, 219
Oberbeck, Chris, 85, 86
Oberstein, Jennifer, 278
O’Brien, Conan, 413
O’Brien, Dennis, 280
Oehler, Dennis, 222
O’Gorman, Patricia, 145
O’Hearn, Kathy, 316–17, 383–86, 387, 397
Operation Desert Shield, 180, 186, 226
Operation Iraqi Freedom, 287–88, 317–18
Orth, Maureen, 168
Oz, Amos, 387
Page Six, 289–90, 395, 433
Pahlavi, Reza Shah, 70, 71–72, 75, 77–78, 80–81, 83–84
Paley, William, 60, 61, 138
Palin, Sarah, 21, 363–66, 410, 412
Pauley, Jane, 110, 111–13, 118, 127–28, 140, 178, 182–83, 185, 189, 191
Paulsen, Lisa, 17, 20, 21, 210–11, 269, 274, 338–39, 397
Peale, Norman Vincent, 35
Pearl, Daniel, 315, 332n
Peck, Rory, 238
Pelley, Scott, 294, 399, 403, 407–8, 414–15, 432
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