The sheer absurdity of living out of a suitcase and routinely eating donuts for dinner while trying to make sense of Donald Trump, the reality show star turned presidential front-runner, couldn’t be confined to a couple pages of a magazine. I had something like 67,000 more words in my head. “I ended up submitting three-thousand words. “Early on, I thought about taking notes because the campaign trail was so new to me, but I didn’t think I would write a book until Marie Claire approached me for a first-person account of life on the road. Tur said in an email that she realized on the road she might have a story. 13, in conversation with longtime news producer Tom Johnson, as part of the Montclair Public Library & Foundation’s Open Book/Open Mind Series. Tur will appear at the Montclair Public Library on Oct. It is currently number two on the New York Times Bestseller List, right after Hillary Clinton’s “What Happened?” When the assignment became “permanent,” it was expected to last a summer, just six to eight weeks.Īccepting even that short job meant sacrificing an Italian vacation with her French boyfriend.īut Tur got a book out of it. She was new to the campaign and, visiting from her post as an NBC London correspondent, had happened to be visiting New York City to do a story when Trump came down the escalator and declared he was running.Īs Tur writes in her new book, “Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History,” “NBC needed a reporter to cover it for a few days.” Katy Tur hadn’t realized he even knew her name. Any unclaimed seats will be made available on a first-come, first served basis in the cafe area 10 minutes before the start of the event.īy GWEN Trump first called her out she was surprised. We always have people who register but do not attend. All reserved seats are now taken and there will not be a waitlist.
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Note: Reserved seats are free and funded in part by Pollack Financial Group. Visit MontclairLocal.news/donations to see how we're doing and make your contribution. 31 to put us on firm footing for 2022, and continue supporting the hard work of our journalists into the new year and beyond. Montclair is seeking to raise $230,000 from donors, members and grantors between Oct. Montclair Local was created because we believe that's unacceptable the community's at its best when triumphs are celebrated, when power is held to account, when diverse lived experiences are shared - when the community is well-informed. That's why you've seen other local newsrooms cut back staff or shut down entirely. The journalism you value from Montclair Local, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, depends on the community's support - we exist because the old model of selling ads alone just can't fund journalism at the level we endeavor to provide. During her leisure time, she enjoys listening to the Phish which is a jam band.SAVE MONTCLAIR LOCAL: We need your support, and we need it today. She was awarded the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2017. The book was named, Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History and for several weeks it was on the New York Times Best Seller list. She published a book that recounting her experience in covering the presidential campaign of Donald Trump in 2016. Kellyanne Conway Trump’s campaign manager stated that Trump did not want anyone to attack or harass her.Īt Tramp’s campaign rallies, she reflected on covering his treatment of her in an article for Marie Claire. Trump’s supporters booed her and according to CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, she was verbally harassed at an event in Florida. Trump singled her out on various occasions in his criticism of the press. Her task was to inform the Trump campaign about the Access Hollywood tape featuring Trump’s conversation with Billy Bush about women that the network had in possession, as a reporter for NBC. She joined WNBC-TV an NBC’s local station in New York City in 2009, and later on, she was promoted to NBC News at the national network level.ĭuring the presidential campaign for Donald Trump, she was NBC News and MSNBC’s embedded reporter. Later on, she worked for The Weather Channel on the network’s VORTEX2 team as a storm chaser. Tur reported for News 12 Brooklyn, Fox 5 New York, WPIX-TV, HD News/Cablevision, KTLA, HD News/Cablevision. Tur was born on October 26, 1983, in Los Angeles, California, United States. She is also an author whose books have been termed as the best sellers in New York Times. She as well worked as a correspondent for NBC News and she has reported for NBC news platforms including Early Today, Today, The Weather Channel, WNBC–TV, MSNBC, and Meet the Press. Katy Tur an American anchor working at MSNBC where she broadcasts reports at 2 pm.