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Politics
Dave Davies

Anchor Katy Tur revisits her high-flying childhood — and the hurt that lingers

Katy Tur chronicled her experience covering Donald Trump's first presidential campaign on her previous book, Unbelievable. (Virginia Sherwood/MSNBC)

Editor's note: Katy Tur refers to her parent, Zoey Tur, as her father and uses the pronoun "he" when referring to Zoey prior to her transition.

From childhood, NBC News correspondent and MSNBC host Katy Tur seemed destined to become a broadcast journalist. She grew up around cameras and microphones, with parents who ran a breaking news service in Los Angeles. One piloted a news helicopter and offered commentary while the other operated the camera, hanging over the skids capturing video.

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