David Muir

This article is about the ABC News journalist. For other uses, see David Muir (disambiguation).

David Muir
Sideshot of Muir standing in front of an American flag. He is a middle-aged white man with black hair, wearing a morning suit.
Muir in 2021
Born
David Jason Muir

(1973-11-08) November 8, 1973 (age 51)
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Alma materIthaca College (BA)
Occupations
  • News anchor
  • television journalist
  • managing editor
Years active1994–present
EmployerThe Walt Disney Company
Television
TitleAnchor of ABC World News Tonight
PredecessorDiane Sawyer

David Jason Muir (/ˈmjʊər/ MURE; born November 8, 1973) is an American journalist and anchor for 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. Muir previously served as the weekend anchor and primary substitute anchor on ABC's World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer before succeeding her on September 1, 2014. At ABC News, Muir has won multiple Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards for his national and international journalism. He was the 2024 recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.[1] Muir won the Emmy for Outstanding Live News Program in both 2023 and 2024 and won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Network TV Newscast in the same years.[2][3]

Muir has become one of the most visible journalists in America.[4] World News Tonight with David Muir has been the most watched newscast in the United States since 2015.[5]

Since joining ABC News in 2003, Muir has reported from international hotspots all over the world, with dispatches from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine, Tahrir Square, Mogadishu, Gaza, Guantanamo, Fukushima, Beirut, Amman, and the Syrian border, among other locations.[6]

Muir was the first American anchor to interview Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and later traveled to Kyiv to interview Zelenskyy at the beginning of Ukraine's counter-offensive in 2022. Muir's climate reporting has also been recognized with the George Polk Award,[7] and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award.[8]

  1. ^ "ABC's David Muir accepts Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, sees 'hope for future' from inspiring Cronkite students". Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "News 2024 Nominees – The Emmys". theemmys.tv. July 25, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "News 2023 Nominees – The Emmys". theemmys.tv. July 26, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  4. ^ "ABC's David Muir Was The Most-Used Reporter On Broadcast News In 2012". Mediaite. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "AMERICA'S #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IS 'WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR'— INCREASING WEEK TO WEEK IN ALL KEY DEMOS — LEADING NBC BY 1.3 MILLION AND CBS BY 3.2 MILLION VIEWERS". Tumblr. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  6. ^ ABC News. "David Muir biography". ABC News. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  7. ^ "David Muir, Clarissa Ward Among 2021 George Polk Award Winners". www.adweek.com. February 22, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  8. ^ "ABC Environmental Reporting Credits". duPont-Columbia Awards. Retrieved August 14, 2024.