Deborah Norville is the longest-serving anchor on American
television. Ratings jumped 15% the week Norville joined Inside
Edition and have remained high ever since. Throughout her tenure,
it has consistently ranked in the top ten television magazine shows
in America. The veteran journalist joined Inside Edition, after her
tenure at CBS News where she was anchor and correspondent.
Norville is the former co-host of NBC’s* Today and anchor of NBC
News at Sunrise*. During the course of her career, she has hosted
the primetime show Deborah Norville Tonight on MSNBC and the
national Deborah Norville Show on the ABC Talk Radio Network.
She began her career at WAGA–TV in Atlanta, while still a student
at the University of Georgia, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa
and graduated summa cum laude, 4.0 First Honor Graduate. She has
also been a reporter and anchor for WMAQ-TV.
Inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, Norville’s
thought leadership extends to her membership in several organizations
and boards. Norville is a member of the Board of Directors for the
Viacom Corporation and serves on the Compensation Committee.
She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Women’s
Forum of New York, and Women Corporate Directors. Norville
serves as a Director for the Broadcasters Foundation of America. She
is a past board member of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New
York, Rita Hayworth (Alzheimer’s) Steering Committee. She is also
on the boards of two privately held family firms.
A lifelong crafter, Norville credits the confidence needed for her
career to her love of crafting. She made much of her wardrobe early
in her career and today enjoys sewing for her home. She has been
the face of her own line of yarn and needles and is often knitting or
crocheting off camera on the television set.