Deborah Norville trivia: 103 amazing facts about the TV journalist!

Deborah Norville is a TV journalist and a bussinesswoman that is very famous in the USA.

Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about her and her life!

1. Her full name is Deborah Anne Norville
2. She was born on August 8, 1958
3. She is an American television journalist and businesswoman
4. Norville is the anchor of Inside Edition
5. A syndicated television news magazine
6. A position she has held since March 1995
7. She is a member of the board of directors of the Viacom Corporation
8. She markets and sells a line of yarns for knit and crochet enthusiasts
9. Manufactured by Premier Yarns
10. Previously, she was an anchor and correspondent for CBS News
11. And earlier co-host of Today on NBC
12. Her book Thank You Power was a New York Times best-seller
13. Deborah Norville was born in Dalton, Georgia
14. She won her town’s local Junior Miss contest
15. A beauty contest for high school senior girls
16. And represented Georgia in the 1976 America’s Junior Miss pageant
17. She did not win
18. But credits seeing the behind-the-scenes work of the CBS Television production team as inspiring her to switch her career goal from law to television journalism
19. She hosted the 1999 America’s Junior Miss contest
20. Deborah Norville is a graduate of the University of Georgia
21. She graduated summa cum laude in three years with a perfect 4.0 grade point average in earning her BA in journalism
22. She was named a First Honor Graduate
23. And elected to Phi Beta Kappa
24. During her studies, she served on the Main Court of the University’s Student Judiciary
25. And was a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority
26. Deborah Norville began her television career while still a college student
27. She received an internship through Georgia Public Television
28. There she worked on The Lawmakers
29. A nightly program covering the Georgia General Assembly
30. She was spotted by an executive of WAGA-TV in Atlanta
31. Who offered her a summer internship
32. She reported that evening on the six o’clock news
33. And was later offered a weekend reporting position during her senior year in college
34. The 60-mile commute between school in Athens and work in Atlanta was grueling, as remembered by Norville
35. In January 1979, she conducted a live interview with President Jimmy Carter
36. Deborah Norville joined WAGA-TV as a full-time reporter after graduating
37. And was named weekend anchor in October 1979
38. In 1982 she was hired as a reporter
39. And later anchor by WMAQ-TV
40. The NBC-owned station in Chicago
41. In 1986, when it was announced Norville would be joining NBC News in New York, Mayor Harold Washington declared “Deborah Norville Week” in Chicago
42. Deborah Norville joined NBC News in January 1987 as anchor of NBC News at Sunrise
43. Becoming the only solo female anchor of a network newscast
44. Ratings on Sunrise jumped 40 percent when she joined the program
45. Which led to her being asked to occasionally substitute on NBC’s Today Show
46. In August 1989, a documentary in which Norville was the primary host, Bad Girls, on violent teenaged girls, was the seventh most watched show the week it aired
47. In September 1989 Norville was named news anchor on Today
48. Soon after, Today co-host Jane Pauley announced her desire to leave the Today Show
49. And Deborah Norville was named her successor
50. Norville became co-host of Today in January 1990
51. During her tenure on Today, she won an Emmy award for her role in NBC’s coverage of the democratic uprising in Romania
52. Ratings on Today declined after Deborah Norville’s arrival
53. NBC management was accused of mishandling the transition
54. After Norville took maternity leave on the birth of her first child, she did not return to the program
55. In May 1991, ABC TalkRadio Networks announced Deborah Norville would be hosting a prime-time program
56. Broadcast from her homes in New York and Long Island
57. The Deborah Norville Show: From Her Home to Yours featured newsmaker interviews and listener calls
58. It ran from September 1991 to October 1992
59. When Norville joined CBS News to resume her television career
60. Deborah Norville returned to television in October 1992
61. When she joined CBS News as a correspondent
62. She reported for Street Stories and 48 Hours
63. For which she won her second Emmy award for coverage of the Mississippi floods of 1994
64. She was later assigned to the CBS Evening News
65. And named co-anchor with Dana King of America Tonight
66. From 1993 to 1995, Norville was a semiregular anchor of the CBS Sunday Evening News
67. Which had been vacant since Connie Chung was elevated to co-anchor of the CBS Evening News
68. In 1995 Deborah Norville was named anchor of Inside Edition
69. A syndicated newsmagazine
70. A position she continues to hold
71. In March 2015, the show celebrated her 20th anniversary on the program
72. Noting that she was now the longest serving female anchor on national television
73. In 2003 MSNBC announced Deborah Norville was joining its prime-time lineup to host a 9 p.m. program
74. She left Deborah Norville Tonight in 2005
75. Citing the challenge of juggling her Inside Edition and MSNBC duties along with family responsibilities
76. In 2015 Knit and Crochet Now!, a craft show seen on public television, announced the appointment of Norville as host of its upcoming season
77. Alongside her television career, Norville has frequently moonlighted as a writer
78. She served as a contributing editor to Inside Sports magazine in the 1980s
79. And as a contributing editor to McCall’s magazine from 1991 to 1993
80. She published the New York Times best-seller Thank You Power: Making the Science of Gratitude Work for You (Thomas Nelson, 2007), featuring the benefits found by research on gratitude
81. This was preceded by Back on Track: How To Straighten Out Your Life When It Throws You a Curve (Simon and Schuster, 1997)
82. Which drew on her earlier experiences on the Today Show
83. The Power of Respect: Benefit from the Most Forgotten Element of Success (Thomas Nelson, 2009)
84. Explains through scientific evidence, how respect is power in business, at home, and in your personal life
85. Her history of Inside Edition, The Way We Are: Heroes, Scoundrels, and Oddballs from 25 Years of Inside Edition, written with Charlie Carillo
86. And with a foreword by Donald Trump (Inside Edition Books, 2013)
87. Details all 8,150 episodes of the show, celebrating its 25th anniversary
88. Additionally, she has written several knit and crochet pattern books
89. Most notably Knit With Deborah Norville- 18 Classic Designs For The Whole Family (Leisure Arts, Inc., 2009)
90. She has also written two children’s books
91. I Don’t Want to Sleep Tonight (Golden Books, 1999) and I Can Fly (Golden Books, 2001)
92. And contributed to several editions of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series
93. In 2008 Deborah Norville began performing in infomercials
94. In addition to commercials for anti-aging cream and lotions, she launched the Deborah Norville Collection of knit and crochet yarns in partnership with Premier Yarns
95. A North Carolina- based yarn manufacturer
96. Deborah Norville debuted the line at the 2009 Craft Hobby Show
97. The craft industry’s premier convention
98. There she also served as the keynote speaker
99. The Norville yarn line and other knit and crochet accessories are available in retail craft stores and online
100. Deborah Norville was elected to the board of directors of the Viacom Corporation in March 2013
101. She serves on the company’s compensation committee
102. Norville married Swedish businessman Karl Wellner in 1987
103. The couple has three children, Niki, Kyle, and Mikaela