David Muir Biography
David Muir is an American journalist who anchors ABC World News Tonight and co-anchors ABC News magazine 20/20, both of which are part of the ABC broadcast-television network’s news department in New York City. Other ABC anchors include Forrest Sawyer, Joan Lunden, Jim Avila, Joan Lunden, Cecily Tynan, Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan, Lara Spencer, Ginger Zee, Amy Robach, Kendis Gibson, Diane Macedo, Janai Norman, Rob Nelson, Paula Faris, and Reena Ninan.
David Muir Age
Muir is 48 years old as of 2021. He was born David Jason Muir on 8 November 1973 in Syracuse, New York, United States.
David Muir Height
Muir has a height of 5 Feet and 11 Inches(1.80 m).
David Muir Education
Muir graduated from Onondaga Central Junior-Senior High School in May 1991 and went on to Ithaca College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with honors in May 1995. During high school, he interned at Syracuse’s WTVH-TV. Muir was inspired while in college by a professor who told him he had “the cut of a TV Newsman.” He spent a semester at Georgetown University’s Fund for American Studies Institute on Political Journalism and another semester abroad with the Institute for International Education of Students at the University of Salamanca in Spain.
David Muir Family
Muir was born into a Roman Catholic family in Syracuse, New York, grew up in Onondaga Hill, and speaks Spanish, as evidenced by his interviews with Pope Francis and Hurricane Maria victims in Puerto Rico. Muir has one older sibling, two younger step-siblings, six nieces and three nephews, and six nieces and nephews. He grew up watching ABC News’ flagship program with his family every night, and he credits longtime anchor Peter Jennings as his biggest journalistic influence.
David Muir Wife
David is not married, but that doesn’t mean a wedding isn’t in his future.
David Muir WTVH-TV
Muir worked as an anchor and reporter at WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York, from 1994 to 2000. Following the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, Muir’s reports from Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Israel, and the Gaza Strip earned him top honors from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. Muir received awards from the Associated Press for Best Enterprise Reporting and Best Television Interview. Muir was named the “Best Local Newscast Anchor” by the Syracuse Press Club, and he was also named one of the “Best Local News Anchors” in Syracuse.
David Muir WCVB
Muir worked as an anchor and reporter for WCVB television in Boston from 2000 to 2003, where he won the regional Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting, as well as the National Headliner Award and Associated Press honors for his work tracing the path of the hijackers involved in the September 11, 2001, attacks. His news anchoring and reporting were also recognized by the Associated Press.
David Muir Net Worth
Muir has an estimated net worth of $8 million.
David Muir ABC News
Muir joined ABC News in August 2003 as the anchor of the overnight news program World News Now. He also became the anchor of ABC News’ World News This Morning in the early morning (America This Morning). Muir was the anchor of World News Saturday beginning in June 2007. He co-anchored the newsmagazine Primetime in 2006 and on occasion thereafter. Muir took over as weekend news anchor in February 2012, and the show was renamed World News with David Muir. Muir has been silently credited with a rise in weekend evening broadcast ratings. Muir was promoted to co-anchor ABC’s 20/20 with Elizabeth Vargas in March 2013.
Muir was inside the New Orleans Superdome when Hurricane Katrina hit in September 2005, and he stayed in New Orleans to report on the unfolding humanitarian crisis. Muir’s reports revealed and highlighted the deteriorating conditions inside the Convention Center and Charity Hospital, as Muir and his photographer waded through chest-deep water for blocks in search of patients trapped inside the hospital.
In October 2006, Muir reported from the Israeli-Lebanon border on Israel’s war with Hezbollah. Muir was in Gaza in March 2007 to report from within the Gaza Strip on the Hamas coup. Muir was dispatched to Peru in October 2007 following the worst earthquake to strike the country in more than two decades.
Muir reported from Ukraine in September 2008, more than two decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. According to the New York Daily News, David Muir and Diane Sawyer reported on a 20/20 hour about guns in America in April 2009, yielding “disturbing results.” In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that orphaned tens of thousands of children and destroyed the country’s buildings and basic services in January 2010, David traveled to Haiti. Since the earthquake, he has returned to Haiti several times, uncovering attacks on women and the escalating mental health crisis. ABC World News’ new managing editor and lead anchor is David Muir.
He joined ABC News in September 2014, and his show debuted on September 1, 2014. In April 2015, “World News Tonight with David Muir” surpassed NBC Nightly News as the country’s most-watched evening newscast for the first time since September 2009. Muir received a CINE Golden Eagle Award in March 2016 for his reporting on the heroin crisis.