Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author. In 2015, she launched Katie Couric Media, an independent production company. She is the executive producer of the documentaries Fed Up, Under the Gun, and Gender Revolution. In 2014, Couric was named Global News Anchor for Yahoo. A cancer advocate, she co-founded Stand Up to Cancer in 2008. In 2006, Couric became the first woman at the helm of an evening newscast as solo anchor of “CBS Evening News.” She joined CBS after a 15-year run as co-anchor of NBC’s “Today Show.” She has won numerous awards including a duPont-Columbia, Peabody, Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and multiple Emmys.