She is the anchor of the MSNBC Live at MSNBC channel. Apart from that, Tur does regular reporting from different programs including the Meet the press, WNBC- TV, MSNBC, NBC nightly News, The weather channel and Early Today. Early life Katy Tur was born as Katharine Bear Tur on 26th October, 1983 at Los Angeles, California in the United States of America. She is an American by nationality and White American by ethnicity. Tur is the daughter of Zoey Tur and Marika Gerrard. Her parents were also journalists. She grew up with her parents and her brother, James. Tur got her early education from Brentwood School in 2001. She completed her graduation from University of California, Santa Barbara with B. A in philosophy in the year 2005. She can speak Spanish fluently. Career Katy Tur can be known as an adventure journalist because she used to work as a storm chaser for the Weather ...