Hoda Kotb
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hoda Kotb (name pronounced HO-dah COT-bee; born 9 August 1964 in Oklahoma) is an American television news anchor.
She is of Egyptian descent. Her name means "guidance" in Arabic. It is a very popular name among Arab women. The last name is popular among Egyptians but it is properly pronounced KOO-tub. It means "Axis", or something around which other things revolve. Hoda has been allowing people to mispronounce her name for years [1].
[edit] Education
Kotb graduated in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1982 and from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism in 1986.
[edit] Career
- 1986: Kotb began her career with CBS News as a news assistant in Cairo, Egypt
- 1986–1989: Hoda was a morning anchor and general assignment reporter for WQAD-TV, the ABC affiliate in Moline, Illinois and an anchor for WXVT-TV, the CBS affiliate for Greenville and Greenwood, Mississippi
- 1989–1991: Hoda was a weekend anchor and reporter for WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Florida
- 1992–1998: Hoda was anchor and reporter at WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1998–present: Hoda has been a Dateline NBC correspondent.
- 2004–present: Host of the weekly syndicated series Your Total Health
- 2007–present: Co-host of the new 4th hour of Today with Ann Curry and Natalie Morales and then currently with Kathie Lee Gifford.
Kotb is the recipient of a number of awards, including the 2008 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and the prestigious Peabody Award in 2006 for her Dateline NBC report "The Education of Ms. Groves." The four-time Emmy nominee also won the 2004 Headliner Award, the 2003 Gracie Award and the 2002 Edward R. Murrow Award. She was also keynote speaker at the 2008 Virginia Tech graduation (her alma mater).
[edit] External links
 |
This biographical article related to television in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
