David Muir
| David Muir | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Jason Muir November 8, 1973 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Ithaca College (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Television news anchor, Television journalist and Managing editor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Employer | The Walt Disney Company |
| Salary | $5 Million |
| Television |
ABC World News Tonight (2009–present) 20/20 (2013–present) |
| Term | Anchor of ABC World News Tonight |
| Predecessor | Diane Sawyer |
David Jason Muir (born November 8, 1973) is an American journalist and the anchor of ABC World News Tonight, the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in New York City. Muir previously served as the weekend anchor for the flagship ABC News broadcast ABC World News Tonight, and the co-anchor of the ABC newsmagazine 20/20. Muir formerly acted as principal substitute for World News with Diane Sawyer on weeknights, and then succeeded Sawyer in the anchor chair on Monday, September 1, 2014. At ABC News, Muir has won multiple Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards for his national and international journalism.
Muir is one of the most visible journalists in America. According to the Tyndall Report, Muir's news reporting received the most airtime in 2012 and 2013.TV Week has called him one of the "12 to Watch in TV News" Muir was listed as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive in 2014.
Muir was born to a Roman Catholic family in Syracuse, New York and grew up in Onondaga Hill. Muir has one older sibling and two younger step siblings, as well as six nieces and three nephews. In addition to English, Muir is fluent in Arabic and Spanish. Muir graduated from Onondaga Central Junior-Senior High School in May 1991 and attended the Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism in May 1995. While in college, Muir also attended the Institute on Political Journalism at the Fund for American Studies at Georgetown University and studied at the University of Salamanca in Spain with the Institute for the International Education of Students.
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