Inside Edition anchor Deborah Norville is a woman who wears many hats. Anchor since 1995 of the nation's top rated syndicated news magazine, she has lead the show to new ratings, strength and respect. Ratings jumped 15% the week she joined the program, which is now the country's 3rd highest rated television show in Access time slots.
A two-time Emmy award winner, Norville joined Inside Edition from CBS News, where she won one an Emmy for 48 Hours' Flood, Sweat & Tears. At CBS, she anchored America Tonight and reported for 48 Hours, Street Stories, and CBS Evening News. She was host of the Deborah Norville Radio Show, on the ABC Radio network, heard on over 200 stations around the country. She has been co-host of NBC'S Today Show and news anchor on that program, positions that followed her tenure as anchor of NBC News At Sunrise.
Norville began her television career while still in college, as a reporter and later weekend anchor for WAGA-TV in Atlanta. She then worked for WMAQ-TV, the NBC-owned station in Chicago where she was a reporter, and later, main anchor.
Deborah Norville is also an author. Her first book, Back On Track: How To Straighten Out Your Life When It Throws You A Curve (Simon & Schuster, 1997) drew upon Deborah's experiences at the Today program to offer a plan for renewal and redirection for women everywhere. I Don't Want To Sleep Tonight (Golden Books, 1999), offers children (and their parents) suggestions to keep scary dreams away at night. The highly acclaimed book has been one of Golden Books' strongest sellers. I Can Fly, followed in March 2001, to help kids find their own talents and increase self-esteem.
Deborah is also an active volunteer. As 2001 National Celebrity Spokesperson for the Mothers March of Dimes, Deborah's picture will be on millions of solicitations for the Mothers March. She has been a director of the Greater New York City Council of Girl Scouts since 1989, and directed the proceeds from her first children's book to the Girl Scouts. She is also on the Steering Committee for the Alzheimer's Association's Rita Hayworth Gala, raising $1.5 million in a single night the year she chaired the event. She is also an on-line mentor via People magazine/AOL's "Digital Heroes" Campaign, among other endeavors.
She is the recipient of a number of awards, among them "Best in the Business" (Washington Journalism Review), Mother of the Year (National Mother's Day Committee), Person of the Year (Rita Hayworth Gala), two national Emmys, a local Emmy, and a Silver Plaque from the Chicago Film Festival.
A sought after lecturer, Norville speaks with candor and humor about dealing with life's curves and juggling a career and motherhood. She is married and the mother of three.