Author Profile
Katy Tur
1983 • American • Journalist
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Collected Meditations
Showing 34 quotesMy parents covered police pursuits, and it was, in many ways, the beginnings of reality show TV in this captivating story that was a lot of flash but not all that much substance.— Katy Tur
A traditional presidential campaign has a media bus with the candidate's name on it and an itinerary days in advance. Trump has a plane with his name on it (that we aren't invited on) and an itinerary that often mutates daily, along with his talking points.— Katy Tur
Let me clarify a few things about TV news on the national level at NBC and MSNBC. We write our own stories. There is no teleprompter for reporters. No traveling makeup artists or stylists. And there is very little sleep.— Katy Tur
Trump is a room-reader. He'll slow down a line, rephrase a point, work in a pause, and ride the energy of his audience wherever it takes him.— Katy Tur
I went off to the University of California, Santa Barbara, on a boatload of loans, sights set on becoming a doctor or a lawyer.— Katy Tur
My parents got ahead in the news business with wits, guts, and a creative interpretation of 'fair game.' They leased their first helicopter in 1985, when KTLA news crews were on strike. Maybe the crews had good grievances, maybe not. Either way, my parents ignored the strike and went to work.— Katy Tur
My mom likes to say I've been covering news since the day I was born - longer if you count my time in utero.— Katy Tur
For one of my first TV jobs, I was required to cut my hair, dress a certain way, and wear a certain amount of makeup. I was even told to have my hair cut based on a picture in a magazine. I realized that until I complied, I wasn't going to get any airtime.— Katy Tur
You don't go after veterans in this country. If there's one thing that's sacrosanct, it is the American military veteran.— Katy Tur
I've always been an outsider. I think, being in the White House press corps, it's difficult to do the sort of journalism that I would want to do.— Katy Tur
If you're not competitive, if you're not out to make a mark, you shouldn't be in the news business.— Katy Tur