Katie Couric became the first solo CBS female news anchor in 2006 and contributed to the newsmagazine “60 Minutes.” Before that, Couric was a desk assistant at ABC network. After she worked under Sam Donaldson and others, Couric worked at Washington bureau’s CNN for the next seven years. She was a producer and on-air reporter all over the country but became a reporter at an NBC affiliate station in Washington in 1987.