The World News Tonight anchor is celebrating two decades since joining World News Now

August 2023 marks a big month for David Muir as the 49-year-old celebrates two decades with ABC News, having first joined in August 2003 as the anchor of the overnight news program .

David first got his start in journalism in college, anchoring local programs at his alma mater, Ithaca College. He interned at WTVH-TV in Syracuse when he was in college.

He graduated magna cum laude with a journalism degree in 1995, and was a full-time reporter for WTVH-TV from 1994-2000.

His reports from Israel and the Gaza Strip following the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin earned him acclaim and several awards, being deemed one of the best local news anchors in Syracuse and foreshadowing his fearless reporting with ABC.

After a stint with ABC-owned WCVB from 2000-2003, he was made part of the ABC News reporting team and was even made an anchor on their early morning news program, .

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In 2007, he was made the co-anchor of and was made the lead anchor of the weekend broadcasts in 2012, which was renamed to . In 2013, he was promoted to co-anchor of alongside Elizabeth Vargas. Elizabeth was succeeded by Amy Robach, who departed in 2023 and was succeeded in turn by Deborah Roberts.

In June 2014, it was announced that David would succeed Diane Sawyer as the anchor and managing editor of ABC's primetime news show, , delivering his first broadcast on September 1, 2014.

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His appearances have helped boost ratings for the news show, making it the country's most-watched evening news broadcast since 2015.

In 2021, David was announced as the lead anchor for breaking news and special event coverage for ABC News, taking over Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos, who held the position from 2014-2020. Through his role with ABC, David has also made several appearances on over the years.

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In his illustrious tenure with ABC News, David has traveled all around the world, with his significant coverage of poor governance and famine in Southern African nations winning him acclaim and notoriety.

David has often been noted for his first exclusives on various world leaders, most recently with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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His coverage of several natural disasters, from Hurricane Katrina (2005) and the earthquake in Haiti (2010) to the devastating Japanese tsunami (2011) and an earthquake in Peru (2007) have also garnered attention.

David's other notable credits include reporting from Tahrir Square in Egypt during the 2011 political revolution, the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, and his well-received coverage of the 2012 US Presidential Elections, which brought him national attention.

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