Deborah Norville

Deborah Norville's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Deborah Norville is a two-time Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist with nearly three decades of reporting experience.  The anchor of the top-rated syndicated news magazine, Inside Edition, she is credited with bringing new strength and respect to the program, seen by roughly five million daily viewers in the U.S. and  30 countries worldwide.

Deborah Norville is also an accomplished author.  Her first book, Back on Track: How To Straighten Out Your Life When It Throws You A Curve, is a motivational self-help book which draws upon her experiences at NBC's Today Show. I Don't Want To Sleep Tonight offers children and their parents suggestions to keep frightening dreams away. It became one of Golden Books’ strongest sellers. I Can Fly followed with advice on building children's self esteem.

Her latest effort is, Thank You Power: Making the SCIENCE of Gratitude Work for YOU.  In it, Norville shares the findings of years of research conducted on the quantifiable benefits of living a grateful life.  Offering exercises for harnessing “Thank You Power” and stories of individuals who’ve employed it, she also details the specifics of why Thank You Power works. While the notion of being thankful may seem obvious, scientists are actually proving the impact that gratitude can play in one’s physical and emotional health.  Norville points to several comprehensive studies around the country that show how people who focus on being grateful or who are made to feel appreciated, even in small ways, become more positive, work harder, and have more energy.

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Deborah Norville brings curiosity and energy to her work. She won an Emmy for her coverage of the democratic uprising in Romania. She was the first to interview Paula Jones after her lawsuit against then-President Bill Clinton. She has reported from Cali, Colombia at the scene of a devastating American Airlines jet crash and traveled to Hawaii for the first national interview with Bethany Hamilton, the young surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack.

Norville was presented a Gracie Award from American Women in Radio and Television and recognized by the National Women's Political Caucus for her reporting from the "toughest jail in America." Norville spent time as an inmate at the Davidson County, NC Jail to show first-hand what conditions were like behind bars. Following the terror attack of September 11, 2001, she took viewers aboard an F-16 with the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard.

Norville was also the host of Deborah Norville TONIGHT on the MSNBC Cable network, a nightly interview program with the people and issues making the day's headlines. Norville joined INSIDE EDITION, from CBS News, where she anchored America Tonight and reported for 48 Hours, Street Stories and CBS Evening News. She was earlier the Co-Anchor for NBC's TODAY Show, having joined NBC as Anchor of NBC News at Sunrise. Norville's journalism career began while still a student at the University of Georgia as a reporter. She later became an anchor for WAGA-TV in Atlanta.

Norville's charitable involvements are many. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, Broadcasters Foundation, Steering Committee for the Rita Hayworth (Alzheimer's) Gala, Women's Committee for Central Park Conservancy and has been National Celebrity Spokesperson for the Mother's March of Dimes.

Deborah Norville is a highly sought after lecturer, speaking on current events, work/family balance and motivation.

• Thank You Power: Making the SCIENCE of Gratitude Work for You
• Back on Track: How to Straighten Out Your Life When it Throws You a Curve.

“Ever heard the one about being able to catch more flies with honey than vinegar? If you want to eliminate many of the negatives of daily stress and better deal with the realities of your day, Deborah Norville may have found the real secret to happiness.” 

---Dr. Mehmet Oz
Vice chairman and Professor of Surgery, Columbia University
Author, You series

“My mother used to say that the world would be a much better place if people would say ‘thank you’ more often. Drawing on uplifting stories of people from all walks of life, Deborah Norville shows that an attitude of gratitude not only makes for a nicer world, it also makes you a happier person."

---Ken Blanchard
Co-Author, The One Minute Manager and Lead Like Jesus

Deborah Norville has proven that resilience is a big part of success. Success is power—and Thank You Power is aptitude and attitude at their most efficient, and therefore most effective. Deborah has done a wonderful job with a subject that is important for all of us.”

--- Donald J. Trump