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“The intensity of those few short weeks at IPJ helped prepare me for a career that has taken me to the Middle East for the war in Iraq, to Capitol Hill for President Clinton’s impeachment trial and to Florida for the disputed 2000 Presidential race. There are few programs that can inspire and engage aspiring journalists quite like it.”

David Muir joined ABC News in August 2003 as an anchor of the early morning news broadcasts “World News Now” and “World News This Morning.” In his first week on the air, Muir anchored several hours of the network’s coverage of the Blackout of 2003.

Prior to joining ABC News, Muir was an anchor and reporter for WCVB-TV in Boston since May 2000. Muir spent a month overseas covering the war in Iraq. He was the only local television reporter from Boston in the Middle East.

Muir has been honored several times for his journalistic contributions. While in Boston, his accolades included the regional Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting, the National Headliner award and Associated Press honors for his work tracing the path of the September 11th hijackers. Muir’s anchoring and reporting of breaking news also earned top honors from the Associated Press. Muir spent several weeks in Florida reporting on the 2000 presidential election recount.

Muir joined WCVB-TV after spending five years as an anchor and reporter at WTVH-TV in his hometown of Syracuse, N.Y. While in Syracuse, Muir filed reports from the Middle East earning top honors from the Radio-Television News Directors’ Association. Muir anchored the station’s coverage of President Clinton’s Impeachment Trial from Capitol Hill. The Associated Press honored Muir for Best Enterprise Reporting and Best Television Interview. The Syracuse Press Club recognized him as anchor of the “Best Local Newscast,” and Muir was voted one of Syracuse’s “Best Local News Anchors” by the readers of The Syracuse New Times.

A magna cum laude graduate of Ithaca College, Muir attended the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University and studied at the University of Salamanca in Spain. He currently resides in New York City.