found: Hoda, 2010:ECIP t.p. (Hoda Kotb) data view (television reporter, news anchor and tv personality; b. Aug. 7, 1964 in Norman, Oklahoma; 1986 graduate of Virginia Tech Univ. (BA in broadcast journalism); began her career as a news assistant with CBS News in Cairo, Egypt (1986); held several positions as news reporter and anchor, including: anchor and reporter at WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana (1992-1998); currently: Dateline NBC correspondent (1998-present); host of the weekly syndicated series, Your Total Health (2004-present); co-host of the 4th hour of NBC's Today (2007-present); recipient of a number of awards, including: the 2008 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and the Peabody Award in 2006 for her Dateline NBC report, "The Education of Ms. Groves" ; the four-time Emmy nominee also won the 2004 Headliner Award, the 2003 Gracie Award, and the 2002 Edward R. Murrow Award)