Ann Curry made headlines in 2012 after she was fired from Today, just a year into her role as co-anchor. While NBC framed her ouster as a transition, it later emerged there was tension between her and co-anchor Matt Lauer.
In 2020, Curry admitted in an interview with People that being fired was a painful experience. However, since leaving the show, she has transformed her life significantly, first by venturing into independent journalism and then academic roles before returning to field reporting.
Below is a detailed look at what she has been up to since leaving Today:
Independent journalism
Despite being fired from her role on Today, Ann Curry did not leave NBC News. Instead, she continued to serve as a national and international correspondent until 2015, when she officially left the network.
After leaving NBC News, she launched a media production startup with seed funding from NBC Universal. The company was designed to produce news, documentaries, and other digital content for various platforms, including NBC.
Curry later participated in TV and media projects, such as hosting the PBS docuseries We’ll Meet Again. She also hosted the TNT medical series Chasing the Cure and narrated the investigative PBS American Experience documentary, Bombshell.
Academic leadership and Yale fellowships
Ann Curry has also transitioned into academia since leaving Today, with a prominent presence at Yale University. She has delivered several lectures, including “How the Truth Survives” in 2024 and “Curiosity as a Common Ground” in 2025.
Curry has also been offered several fellowships by Yale. In 2024, she was selected as a Yale Poynter Fellow, a program that brings distinguished reporters, editors, and filmmakers to campus to engage with students and faculty.
She also serves as an associate fellow of Trumbull College. Additionally, Curry was named the Spring 2026 Chubb Fellow and led discussions on resilience, humanity, and ethics during global crises.
Humanitarian reporting and covering global conflicts
Ann Curry has returned to field reporting since leaving Today, focusing on covering humanitarian crises and global conflicts.
In February 2026, she reported from the South Sudan border, where she provided extensive coverage of the Sudanese civil war. Her reporting shed light on the humanitarian disaster facing survivors who had been displaced or forced to flee by the war.
She has since appeared on and written for platforms such as PBS and The New York Times to raise awareness of the war, urging the international community not to forget the ongoing crisis.
In addition to covering conflicts, Curry has been working with the UNHCR to document and amplify cases of survivors fleeing regional conflicts.