David Jason Muir is an American journalist and the anchor of ABC World News Tonight and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20, part of the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in New York City.
What is David Muir known for?
David Muir is the anchor and managing editor of ABC World News Tonight with David Muir, the most-watched newscast in the U.S., and co-anchor of ABC’s 20/20.
Where did David Muir start?
Muir began his journalism career at WTVH-TV in Syracuse, N.Y. Five years later, Muir moved to WCVB-TV, the Boston ABC affiliate. Muir’s reporting on the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York, earned him an Edward R.
Muir has reported from all over the world on the major stories of our time with global dispatches from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, the Ukraine border, Tahrir Square, Mogadishu, Gaza, Guantanamo, Fukushima, Beirut, Amman, and the Syrian border.
Muir’s reporting has been honored with multiple Emmy awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award, the prestigious George Polk Award, and the Society of Professional Journalists has honored Muir for his reporting overseas.