Deborah Norville
Mistress of Ceremonies

Two-time EMMY award winner, Deborah Norville marks more than a decade hosting Inside Edition. The veteran newswoman began her tenure at the nation's longest running syndicated newsmagazine in March 1995, with ratings jumping 15 percent the week she joined the series. Now the nation's top-rated syndicated newsmagazine, Inside Edition's new strength and respect has been credited to Deborah.

Some of her notable assignments at Inside Edition include the first interview with Paula Jones after her lawsuit against then-President Bill Clinton. She received a Gracie Award from American Women in Radio and Television for her reporting from the "toughest jail in America." And following September 11, 2001, she flew on an F-16 with the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard.

Deborah was also recently the host of Deborah Norville Tonight on the MSNBC Cable network. She joined Inside Edition from CBS News, where she anchored America Tonight and reported for 48 Hours, Street Stories and CBS Evening News. Earlier, she was co-Anchor of NBC's TODAY Show and Anchor of NBC News at Sunrise. Deborah's journalism career began at WAGA-TV while she was a student at the University of Georgia.

The recipient of numerous journalism and civic awards, Deborah is also the author of Back on Track: How to Straighten Out Your Life When It Throws You A Curve (Simon & Schuster, 1997), I Don't Want to Sleep Tonight (1999, Golden Books) and I Can Fly (Golden Books, 2001).

A former Girl Scout in Dalton, Georgia, Deborah served on the board of directors of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York for 16 years and was honored at the Council's 30th Anniversary Tribute Dinner in May, 2005. She is married and the mother of three. She can be reached www.dnorville.com.