David Muir Biography
David Muir is a national and international journalist and news anchor known for his anchoring of the ABC World News Tonight news program and co-anchoring of the 20/20 newsmagazine program, also on ABC News. Muir has been with ABC since 2007. Prior to being a primary anchor on a program, Muir was a primary substitute on World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer on ABC, and on September 1, 2014, he succeeded her.
He was recognized for his reporting as one of the most visible journalists in the country as he had had the most airtime in 2012 and 2013, according to the Tyndall Report. His show ‘World News Tonight with David Muir’ has also become the most-watched newscast program in America.
How old is David Muir? – Age
He is 50 years old as of November 8, 2023. He was born David Jason Muir in Syracuse, New York, United States of America in 1973.
David Muir Education
He graduated in May 1991 from Onondaga Central Junior-Senior High School and attended Ithaca College, graduating magna cum laude in May 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.
David Muir Parents – How many siblings does David Muir?
Born in Syracuse, Muir was born and raised by Ronald Muir, his father, and Pat Mills, his mother. He has an elder sister known as Rebecca Muir and two younger step-siblings. They are all-grown and from their adultlife, David is an uncle with three nephews and six nieces.
Is David Jason Muir Married? – Wife
Despite being in the public eye, Muir is known for keeping his life off-screen private. There are no public records in regards to his dating life, yet. Hence, it is not known whether he has a wife or not, neither whether he is dating anyone or not.
David Muir Kids
Muir’s family life is also part of his private life. It is not known whether he has fathered any child neither has he talked of the topic.
David Muir WTVH
Muir worked as an anchor and a reporter at WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York, from 1994 to 2000. Following the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Muir’s coverage from Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Israel, and the Gaza Strip won him top honors from the Association of Radio-Television News Directors. The Associated Press awarded Muir for Best Enterprise Reporting and Best Television Interview. The Syracuse Press Club recognized Muir as Muir’s anchor.
David Muir ABC Career
Muir joined ABC News in August 2003 as the anchor of World News Now, an overnight news show. He also became the anchor of World News This Morning’s early morning newscast, ABC News. Muir was the anchor of World News Saturday beginning in June 2007. He co-anchored the news magazine Primetime in 2006, and periodically thereafter.
He became an anchor for the weekend newscasts in February 2012, and with David Muir, the broadcast was called World News. Muir was quietly credited with an increase in the weekend evening broadcast ratings. In March 2013, Muir was promoted to co-anchor 20/20 of ABC. In September 2005, when Hurricane Katrina struck, he was inside the New Orleans Superdome and remained in New Orleans to report on the humanitarian crisis unfolding.
As Muir and his photographer waded through chest-deep waters for blocks to locate patients trapped within the hospital, the reports from Muir showed and highlighted the worsening circumstances inside the Convention Center and Charity Hospital.
Muir wrote on the Israeli war with Hezbollah in October 2006 from the Israeli-Lebanon border. In March 2007, Muir was in Gaza covering the Hamas coup, reporting from within the Gaza Strip. In October 2007, after the worst earthquake in more than two decades, Muir was dispatched to Peru to hit that country.
Muir wrote from Ukraine in September 2008, more than two decades after the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. In April 2009, as stated by the New York Daily News, David Muir and Diane Sawyer published a 20/20 hour study of weapons in America having “disturbing results.”
Muir ‘s study on 20/20 showed a large rise in the number of homeless children in America in May 2009. To investigate the BP oil spill, Muir made several trips to the Gulf of Mexico. Muir traveled from Haiti in April 2011 after the hurricane and returned to report on the attacks on women.
David Muir’s Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $20 million.