David Muir
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David Muir David Muir is anchor of World News Saturday, a co-anchor of Primetime and a correspondent for ABC News based in New York. Muir reports for "World News with Charles Gibson," "Good Morning America," "Nightline," and other ABC News broadcasts. He is also a substitute anchor on "Good Morning America" and the weekend editions, and frequently anchors the "World News" webcast. Muir joined ABC News in August 2003 as anchor of "World News Now" and "World News This Morning."
Since joining ABC News, Muir has been a lead correspondent on several major breaking-news stories. In August 2006, he reported from the Israel-Lebanon border covering the Israeli war with Hezbollah. In August 2005, Muir was inside the Superdome as Hurricane Katrina hit and stayed in New Orleans to cover the unfolding crisis. His reports for "World News Tonight," "Primetime" and "20/20" revealed the deteriorating conditions inside the Convention Center and Charity Hospital.
Muir reported from Texas during Hurricane Rita and from Florida during Hurricane Wilma. He reported from the Midwest and Plains states during the catastrophic wildfires, and he was also on the scene of the mudslides in La Conchita, Calif. Muir reported from West Virginia on the letters left behind by the coal miners during the Sago Coal Mine tragedy for "Primetime."
Muir has contributed to several in-depth series on "World News," including "America: Over a Barrel," "Cancer: Beating the Odds," and the broadcast's ongoing look at identity theft.
Muir anchored ABC News' coverage of the ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day. In his first week on the air, he anchored several hours of the network's coverage of the blackout of 2003. Muir was part of ABC's Campaign 2004 coverage, anchoring from Manchester during the New Hampshire primary, as well as reporting on exit polls throughout the campaign.
Prior to joining ABC News, Muir worked overseas and distinguished himself as an award-winning anchor for WCVB-TV in Boston. He spent a month overseas covering the war in Iraq, and he was the only TV reporter from Boston in the Middle East. Muir's reporting helped earn the station a National Headliner Award.
While he was in Boston, Muir's accolades included the regional Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting, the National Headliner award, and Associated Press honors for his work tracing the path of the Sept. 11 hijackers. Muir's anchoring and reporting of breaking news also earned top honors from the Associated Press. He spent several weeks in Florida reporting on the 2000 presidential election recount. In addition, Muir did extensive reporting on the sexual abuse scandal within the Boston Archdiocese.
Muir joined WCVB-TV after spending five years as an anchor and reporter at WTVH-TV in his hometown of Syracuse, N.Y. While in Syracuse, he filed reports from Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Gaza City following the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, earning top honors from the Radio-Television News Directors' Association. Muir anchored the station's coverage of President Clinton's impeachment trial from Capitol Hill. The Associated Press honored him for Best Enterprise Reporting and Best Television Interview. The Syracuse Press Club recognized him as anchor of the Best Local Newscast, and Muir was voted one of Syracuse's Best Local News Anchors by the readers of The Syracuse New Times.
A magna cum laude graduate of Ithaca College, Muir attended the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University and studied at the University of Salamanca in Spain. He also graduated from Onondaga Jr\Sr High school in the town of South Onondaga just south of Syracuse,NY.
