Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric is an American journalist and author. She serves as special correspondent for
ABC News, contributing to
ABC World News,
Nightline,
20/20,
Good Morning America,
This Week and primetime news specials. Starting on September 6, 2012, she will host
Katie, a
syndicated daytime talk show produced by
Disney-ABC Domestic Television. She has anchored the
CBS Evening News, reported for
60 Minutes, and hosted
Today and reported for
Dateline NBC. She was the first solo female anchor of a weekday evening news program on one of the three traditional USA broadcast networks. Couric's first book, The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives was a
New York Times best-seller.