She made history as the first solo female to anchor a major network evening news broadcast but Katie Couric is the first to admit she may have tried to do too much too soon. With rumors swirling that Couric is about to leave her CBS Evening News post, the veteran reporter says in hindsight, she should have played it a little safer instead of being ambitious and toying with the format and trying new things instead of sticking to the traditional newscasts people were used to.