Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer Are No “Newsmommies”

Someone has actually coined the phrase “newsmommy.”  Yes, you heard me.  Newsmommy. I thought we’d come a long way, baby, when Katie Couric was named to anchor the CBS Evening News.  So when ABC announced that Diane Sawyer…

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Katie Couric and Children of the Recession

There’s been plenty written about the banks, mortgages, Tim Geithner, AIG and other esoteric aspects of why our world economy is in the tank. So you might be a little recession-fatigued when it comes to news coverage. But bear with…

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Katie Couric and Sarah Silverman? What Could be Better?!

Sit back, relax, enjoy!

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Katie Couric Sits Down with Sarah Palin

I’m waiting to see how this evening’s interview of Sarah Palin by CBS’ Katie Couric goes. Not that Katie needed any help, but she asked mothers around the blogosphere what they thought she should be asking Palin (yeah,…

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Katie Couric Gets It. Kathie Lee, Mmmm, Not So Much.

“Mommy bloggers.” Yes, as far as the Today Show is concerned we’re a group with quotes. Or air quotes anyway. We’re inscrutable. We have strange and mysterious ways! We’re a bunch of ka-RAY-zee wimmins doing this new…

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PunditMom’s Answer to Katie Couric — Blogging is the New Feminist Act

I know it seems like some of us here in the bloggy-sphere are still a bit star struck after getting to hang out with Katie Couric last week. But something she asked while we were with her…

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Why We Need Katie Couric to Succeed

On the heels of our Katie Couric meet-up this weekend, the Washington Post ponders what it calls Couric’s uphill battle to be seen as a success at the CBS Evening News. After meeting with Katie…

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Katie Couric, Mommy Bloggers Heart You

When a fellow MOMocrat calls and says, “Would you like to meet Katie Couric?” you go! A no-brainer, especially for someone like me who spent years in the broadcast news business. No, I never made it to Katie’s level,…

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