Diane Sawyer

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Biography

For many viewers and critics, Sawyer represented the model of modern American television journalism, able to handle hard-hitting interviews with world leaders like Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon and Nancy Reagan on one night, and gossip-heavy conversations with celebrities like Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and Mel Gibson on another. This versatility made her one of the most popular news figures on television for over two decades and helped to …
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Job Title

Actor, Writer, Editor

Born

Lila Diane Sawyer on December 22, 1945 in Glasgow, Kentucky, USA

Career Milestones

2009

Replaced Charles Gibson as ABC's "World News" anchor

1999

Returned to the morning news as the co-anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America"; first with Charles Gibson and later with Robin Roberts

1998

Co-anchored ABC's "20/20" with Donaldson on Wednesdays and Barbara Walters on Sundays

1995

Served as co-anchor for the newsmagazine, "Day One"

1994

Named as anchor of "Turning Point"

1989

Moved to ABC to co-anchor "Primetime Live"

1988

Covered the presidential campaigns for CBS

1984

Worked as a correspondent for CBS' "60 Minutes"

1981

Co-anchored the "CBS Morning News" with Bill Kurtis

1978

Hired by CBS News as a Washington-based reporter

1974

Went into exile with Nixon to help him prepare his memoirs

1970

Worked as aide to press secretary Ron Ziegler in the Nixon Administration

1967

Began broadcasting career as a local news reporter and weather girl for WLKY-TV in Louisville, KY

1963

Won America's Junior Miss pageant as a representative from the State of Kentucky