Ann Curry

Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956) is an American retired journalist, who has been a reporter for more than 45 years, focused on war zones and natural disasters. She has reported from wars in Kosovo, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Afghanistan, Darfur, Congo, and the Central African Republic, as well as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Her appeal via Twitter regarding the latter disaster topped the site's "most powerful" list and was credited for helping speed the arrival of humanitarian planes.