Couric at Tufts for Journalism Forum, Book Debut

Prominent journalist Katie Couric was at Tufts University on Monday to participate in a journalism forum and sign copies of her new book.

Couric, who has spent thirty years as a journalist, fifteen of which was spent as co-anchor of NBC’s Today show, headlined the sixth annual Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism. In 2006 Couric became the first female solo anchor of a weekday network evening news broadcast when she joined CBS Evening News. She is leaving her position in June and said she is still weighing her options for the future. Her book, The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives, goes on sale Tuesday. The idea for the book originated when she was preparing yet another commencement address, causing her to reflect on her career and people she had met and the wisdom they shared.

The forum is sponsored by Tufts University’s Communications and Media Studies Program at the School of Arts and Sciences, the Edward R. Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy at The Fletcher School, and the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service.

Previous featured speakers at the Murrow Forum include Ted Koppel, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather and Chris Matthews.

Katie Couric with Olympic figure-skater and current Tufts student Michelle Kwan, Tufts President Larry Bacow, and Jonathan Tisch, co-chair of the Tufts board of trustees and naming benefactor of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service.

Tisch led the discussion with Couric before taking some questions from the audience.