David Muir facts for kids
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David Jason Muir
November 8, 1973 Syracuse, New York, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Ithaca College (BA) |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Employer | The Walt Disney Company |
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| Title | Anchor of ABC World News Tonight |
| Predecessor | Diane Sawyer |
David Jason Muir (born November 8, 1973) is a well-known American journalist. He is the main anchor for ABC World News Tonight. He also co-anchors the news show 20/20. Both shows are part of ABC News.
David Muir started working for ABC News in 2003. He has reported from many places around the world. These include places like Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Japan. He has won many important awards for his work. These include multiple Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards. In 2024, he received the Walter Cronkite Award.
World News Tonight with David Muir has been the most watched evening news show in the U.S. since 2015. David Muir is one of the most recognized journalists in America. His reports on climate change have also won awards.
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David Muir's Early Life and School
David Muir was born in Syracuse, New York. He grew up in a place called Onondaga Hill. He has an older sibling and two younger step-siblings. He also has many nieces and nephews.
When he was a kid, David watched the ABC News show every night. He looked up to the famous anchor Peter Jennings. David says Peter Jennings was his biggest inspiration.
David finished high school in 1991. He then went to Ithaca College. He studied journalism there and graduated in 1995. While in high school, he worked as an intern at a local TV station, WTVH-TV. He also studied at Georgetown University for a semester. He spent another semester studying in Spain.
David Muir's Journalism Career
Starting Out in Local News
From 1994 to 2000, David Muir worked at WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York. He was an anchor and a reporter. He won awards for his reports from Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. These reports followed the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. The Associated Press also honored him for his reporting.
From 2000 to 2003, David worked at WCVB television in Boston. There, he won an Edward R. Murrow Award. This was for his investigative reporting. He also won awards for his work on the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Joining ABC News
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In August 2003, David Muir joined ABC News. He started as an anchor for their overnight news show. He also anchored the early morning news. Later, he co-anchored the news show Primetime.
In 2007, he became the anchor for World News Saturday. By 2012, he was anchoring both weekend newscasts. The show was then called World News with David Muir. Many people believe he helped increase the ratings for the weekend news. In 2013, he also became a co-anchor for ABC's 20/20.
Important Reports and Interviews
In September 2005, David Muir reported from inside the New Orleans Superdome. This was when Hurricane Katrina hit. He stayed in New Orleans to report on the difficult situation. His reports showed the bad conditions inside the Convention Center.
He reported from the Israeli-Lebanon border in 2006. He covered the war between Israel and Hezbollah. In 2007, he was in Gaza to report on the Hamas coup. He also went to Peru after a big earthquake.
In 2008, David reported from Ukraine. This was more than 20 years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident. In 2009, his 20/20 report showed a rise in homeless children in America. He also investigated the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
In 2010, David traveled to Haiti. This was after a terrible earthquake. He reported on the many children who lost their parents. He also reported on the destruction of buildings and services. He has returned to Haiti many times since then.
In 2011, David reported from Tahrir Square during the revolution in Egypt. He also reported from Fukushima, Japan. This was after a deadly tsunami and nuclear power plant accident. He wrote about his reporting from Mogadishu, Somalia, during a famine.
In 2012, David was a lead reporter for the U.S. presidential election. His interviews with candidate Mitt Romney made national news. He also reported from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. He covered the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado.
In 2013, David reported from inside Iran. He was the first Western journalist to report from Mogadishu, Somalia, during the famine. He and his team even came under fire there. He won an Edward R. Murrow Award for this reporting.
Leading World News Tonight
On June 27, 2014, ABC News announced that David Muir would take over from Diane Sawyer. He became the main anchor and managing editor of ABC World News. His first broadcast was on September 1, 2014.
In April 2015, World News Tonight with David Muir became the most-watched evening news show. It passed NBC Nightly News for the first time in many years.
David Muir has a special series called Made in America. This series focuses on the American economy. It is a regular part of his news show.
David has led many debates for presidential candidates. He has also interviewed many important political figures. In 2015, he interviewed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She said it was a mistake to use a private email server.
He interviewed then-President Donald Trump in 2017. This was Trump's first interview as president. In 2020, his show's ratings grew a lot during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It became the most watched TV program.
Before the 2020 presidential election, David interviewed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris together. He has interviewed President Biden many times. He pressed Biden on the U.S. readiness for the Covid surge. He also interviewed Biden in Warsaw and Normandy.
David Muir was the first American network anchor to interview Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This was after Russia invaded Ukraine. He later interviewed Zelenskyy in Kyiv.
In 2021, David Muir became the lead anchor for breaking news at ABC News. This means he covers major breaking stories.
In 2021, he traveled to Southern Madagascar. He reported on a famine there. The United Nations said it was caused by climate change. After his report, viewers donated over $3 million to the World Food Program. This report won him a George Polk Award for environmental reporting. It also won two Emmy Awards.
In 2023, he went to South Sudan. He reported on severe flooding and malnutrition. This was happening as war broke out nearby. His report won an Emmy Award. It also helped ABC News win an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia award for climate coverage.
2024 Presidential Debate
On September 10, 2024, David Muir and Linsey Davis hosted a presidential debate. It was between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. During the debate, Muir corrected Trump when he made false statements. This led to discussions about the role of debate hosts.
David Muir's Awards and Honors
David Muir has received many awards for his excellent journalism.
- In 2011, he gave the graduation speech at Ithaca College. He told students to use their voices. In 2015, the college gave him an honorary degree.
- In 2012, he won an Edward R. Murrow Award. This was for his report on the famine in Somalia.
- In 2015, he gave the graduation speech at Northeastern University. He received an honorary degree there too.
- In 2016, he hosted a discussion with President Barack Obama. It was about race and policing. This won him an Emmy Award.
- In 2018, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir won an Edward R. Murrow Award. This was for their coverage of the Santa Rosa wildfires.
- His live reporting on Hurricane Michael in Florida also won an Emmy.
- In 2019, he won another Emmy for his report on the Las Vegas shooting.
- In 2020, he visited the Auschwitz concentration camp with survivors. His report won an Emmy Award.
- In 2022, his reporting on climate change in Madagascar won a George Polk Award and an Emmy.
- In 2023, he won the Cronkite Award.
- In 2024, he and ABC News won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Silver Baton Award for Environmental Reporting. His climate report from South Sudan also won an Emmy.
- He has won many News and Documentary Emmy Awards and Edward R. Murrow Awards for his reports.
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Muir in 2021
See also
In Spanish: David Muir para niños
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