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Deborah Norville

Two-Time Emmy Award-Winning Television Anchor; Former Anchor of Inside Edition; Host of The Perfect Line; Best-Selling Author, Thank You Power: Making the Science of Gratitude Work for You

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Biography

Deborah Norville is a fixture on the American media landscape. In May 2025, the two-time Emmy© winner ended her unprecedented run as anchor of Inside Edition, the country’s top-rated and most honored syndicated newsmagazine. Her thirty-plus years in that role cemented her spot in television history as the longest-running anchor on American television, eclipsing the tenure of such icons as Johnny Carson (The Tonight Show), Oprah Winfrey (Oprah), and Barbara Walters (20/20). Ratings jumped 15% the week Norville joined the program and remained high ever since. With Norville as anchor, Inside Edition was consistently one of the top five programs in first-run syndication. At the time of her departure, the show outperformed both morning and primetime programs including Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20, Dateline and all of broadcast television's syndicated talk shows. During Deborah's tenure, Inside Edition was also the top domestic news and information channel on YouTube with over 25 billion lifetime views and 13.6 million subscribers. In Fall of 2025, Norville began a new chapter in her career as host of "The Perfect Line," a television game show produced by CBS Media Ventures and The Game Show Network. Norville has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Daytime Emmys, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Broadcasters Foundation of America and is an inductee of the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. of America. She joined Inside Edition in 1995 from CBS News and is a former co-host of NBC’s Today show and NBC News at Sunrise. Norville 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 First Honor Graduate summa cum laude with a perfect 4.0 GPA. She later was an anchor and reporter at WMAQ-TV Chicago, host of the primetime “Deborah Norville Tonight” on MSNBC, and the “Deborah Norville Show” on the ABC Talk Radio Network. Norville is also a best-selling author and lecturer. Her book, "Thank You Power: Making the SCIENCE of Gratitude Work for YOU" (2007, Thomas Nelson) detailing the connection between gratitude and enhanced cognitive function and energy, was a New York Times best-seller as well as a best-seller in South Korea. She is a co-author and contributor to the popular “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series and the author of several other self-help books, best-selling children’s books and a number of books featuring knit and crochet patterns.

Speech Topics

  • The Power of Respect: Benefit from the Most Forgotten Element of Success

    Respect can make a meaningful and measurable difference in business, relationships, education, and self confidence. In this keynote presentation, Inside Edition's Deborah Norville describes the root of many of society's ills—a lack of respect—and shares how both giving and receiving respect can impact the following three core areas of an individual's life: In Education: Norville discusses how respect in schools can help school systems find additional teaching days, simply because time is not spent writing up discipline reports and sending kids to the Principal's office. More impressively, test scores go up. Norville references one institution that was so chaotic it was put on lock down because of a riot in the parking lot; in just three years, the "Power of Respect" made that same school a place kids were sad to leave. In Business: Employees work longer and harder and are more creative when there is a respectful work environment. Even more stunning are statistics that prove workers who have been respected are less likely to quit and tend not to sue—even when they are fired. In Relationships: Norville underscores how something as basic as common respect keeps marriages together and can help repair relationships that are broken. She emphasizes that in everyday interactions the "Power of Respect" is potent.

  • The Science Behind Gratitude

  • Leadership for Women and Entrepreneurs

  • The World Today

    From the eyes of a journalist, Deborah Norville offers a front-row seat to events-making news-whether it is the war in Afghanistan, the oil spill in the Gulf or the latest celebrity scandal-making sense of the event and providing an insider’s perspective on what is behind the headlines.

  • Back On Track: How to Keep Your Life Together When it Seems Like Everything (and Everyone) is Trying to Pull You Apart

    In a refreshing, lighthearted talk Deborah Norville looks at the challenges we face today in daily life and offers first hand tips on coping with the many responsibilities we have as well as refocusing ones life when it seems one has lost direction.

  • Thank You Power

    Thank You Power is the extraordinary force that comes simply from acknowledging the “good things” in life. Beginning with the regular practice of counting one’s blessings and feeling thankful for them, one can become healthier, happier, smarter, more resilient and even able to undo the negative effects of stress. Nationally known journalist Deborah Norville brings her reporting skills to bear in her presentation “Thank You Power” to highlight the exciting research proving the life improvements that can stem from the practice of gratitude. In “Thank You Power,” you will learn: • How to Harness Thank You Power • How Thank You Power improves thinking • How Thank You Power eases stress • How Thank You Power increases resilience • How Thank You Power makes one happier Deborah Norville presents an eye-opening talk showing how one can improve both their cognitive skills and energy level through what she calls “Thank You Power.” The results are based on peer-reviewed research.

  • The Power of Perspective: Turning Mindset into Momentum

    Drawing from research conducted for her best-selling books, Deborah Norville shares the science behind respect, resilience and gratitude to detail how one’s business life, personal relationships and even the educational environment can be enhanced through specific actions.   As the longest-serving anchor on American television, Deborah’s own career is testament to the vibrancy of these strategies — Her candid, refreshing talk provides listeners with the tools they need to enhance their own personal and professional lives.

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