Diane Sawyer
TV Newscaster
Diane Sawyer started in TV in Louisville, Kentucky, then became a press aide for the White House during the Nixon administration (she also assisted Nixon with his memoirs). She ended up at CBS in the late 1970s, eventually getting a co-anchor spot on 60 Minutes in 1984. In the 1990s she worked for ABC, co-hosting PrimeTime Live and 20/20, earning a reputation for tough investigative reports and interviews with world leaders. In 1999 she was named anchor for Good Morning America.Extra credit: Sawyer is married to film and theatrical director Mike Nichols.
Other TV news personalities on Who2 include Mike Wallace, Walter Cronkite and Katie Couric.
Four Good Links
Diane Sawyer
Straightforward bio from ABC News
Sawyer, Diane
Career profile from the Museum of Broadcast Communications
Diane Sawyer
Profile from Lifetime TV
Interview with Diane Sawyer
She talks about being a good journalist
Vital Stats
Birth
22 December 1945
(age 62)
Birthplace
Death
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Best Known As
Anchor of ABC's Good Morning America
