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Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956) is an American television personality, news journalist and photojournalist.〔Isger, Sonya, ("Hear NBC's Ann Curry talk about her photography at the Photographic Centre in West Palm Beach" ), ''The Palm Beach Post'', Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009〕 Curry has been a humanitarian reporter for more than 30 years, focused on human suffering in war zones and natural disasters. Curry has reported from the wars in Syria, Darfur, Congo, the Central African Republic, Kosovo, Lebanon, Israel, Afghanistan and Iraq, among others.〔("Ann Curry - About Us" ), "Today.com"〕 Curry has covered numerous humanitarian disasters, including the tsunamis in Southeast Asia and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, where her appeal via Twitter topped Twitter's 'most powerful' list, credited for helping speed the arrival of humanitarian planes.〔("Ann Curry's Haiti Tweet Tops Twitter's 'Most Powerful' List" ), "PC Magazine", Dec. 14, 2010〕 In January 2015, after nearly 25 years at NBC News, Curry founded her own multi-platform media startup.〔("Ann Curry becomes founder of media startup, including a multi-platform content venture seeded by NBCUniversal" ), "NBCUniversal MediaVillage'', Jan. 13, 2015〕 In June 2012, she became the National and International Correspondent/Anchor for ''NBC News'' and the Anchor at Large for the ''Today'' show. She was co-anchor of ''Today'' from June 9, 2011 to June 28, 2012 and the program's news anchor from March 1997 until becoming co-anchor. She was also the anchor of ''Dateline NBC'' from 2005 to 2011.〔(Bio: Ann Curry" ), NBC official biography〕 On January 13, 2015, it was announced that Ann Curry would be leaving ''NBC News''.〔http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-ann-curry-leaves-nbc-20150113-story.html〕 She continues to conduct major news interviews on network television, most recently securing an exclusive interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about the Iran nuclear talks.〔("Iran Foreign Minister Zarif: 'We will never have a bomb'" ), "nbcnews.com", March 5, 2015〕 ==Early life and education== Curry was born in Guam to Bob Curry, an American from Pueblo, Colorado, who is of Cherokee, French, German, Scottish and Irish descent, and Hiroe Nagase, who is from Japan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Marie Claire )〕 Her father, a career Navy sailor, met her mother during the U.S. occupation of Japan following the Second World War.〔(Guideposts: "Telling Stories of Hope - Find out why Ann Curry says journalism is an act of faith and how she finds stories of hope among all the suffering" By Ann Curry ) retrieved November 10, 2013〕 Although he was transferred out of Japan, he returned two years later to marry Nagase.〔 Curry is the eldest of five children.〔 Curry lived in Japan for several years as a child, attending the Ernest J. King School on the United States Fleet Activities Sasebo naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki. Later she moved to Ashland, Oregon, where she graduated from Ashland High School. She graduated with a B.A. in journalism at the University of Oregon in 1978. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ann Curry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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