Hoda Kotb

Hoda Kotb (born August 9, 1964),] is an American television news anchor, originally from Norman, Oklahoma. She grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia and graduated from Fort Hunt High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1982. She graduated in 1986 from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism.... Read More

Hoda Kotb (born August 9, 1964),] is an American television news anchor, originally from Norman, Oklahoma. She grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia and graduated from Fort Hunt High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1982. She graduated in 1986 from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism.

Kotb began her career with CBS News as a news assistant in Cairo, Egypt 1986. She then worked as weekend and morning anchor and reporter for several TV stations until 1998, in Illinois, Mississippi, Florida, and New Orleans. She was named co-anchor of the fourth hour of "Today" in August 2007. She has also been a "Dateline NBC" correspondent since April 1998 and the host of the weekly syndicated series "Your Total Health" since September 2004.

Kotb has won a number of awards, including the 2008 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and the Peabody Award in 2006. She also won the 2004 Headliner Award, the 2003 Gracie Award, and the 2002 Edward R. Murrow Award. See Less