David Jason Muir is from Syracuse, New York, United States. The city is around 56 miles away from Ithaca, New York, which is home to Ithaca College.
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BIOGRAPHY
Muir is an American journalist and television news anchor. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He is the younger brother of Rebecca Muir, who runs a farm in Borodino, New York.
- He was born in Syracuse to Ronald Muir and Pat Mills.
- He grew up in Onondaga Hill, New York.
- As a high school student, he interned at WTVH-TV in Syracuse.
- In May 1991, he graduated from Onondaga Central Junior-Senior High School in Nedrow, Onondaga.
- From 1994 to 2000, he worked as an anchor and a reporter at WTVH-TV in Syracuse.
- In May 1995, he graduated magna cum laude from Ithaca College with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
- From 2000 to 2003, he was an anchor and a reporter for WCVB television in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- In August 2003, he joined ABC News as anchor of the “World News Now“.
- In 2014, the People magazine listed him as one of the sexiest men alive.
- In 2021, he became the lead anchor of breaking news and special event coverage for ABC News.
- On November 8, 2024, he turned 51.
- TIME magazine included him in its list of 100 most influential people in 2025.
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TIMELINE
Muir is 5′10¾″ tall. He was born into a Catholic family and he has two younger stepsiblings.
2013
- In March 2013, he started co-anchoring the ABC program “20/20” with Elizabeth Vargas.
2014
- On May 12, 2014, he, Anne Sweeney, Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts attended the ABC News headquarters dedication ceremony in New York City, New York.
- On September 1, 2014, he made his debut as the anchor and managing editor of “ABC World News”.
- On September 29, 2014, he attended Sony Pictures Classics’ screening of “Whiplash” hosted by The Cinema Society and Brooks Brothers at the iPaley Center For Media in New York City.
- On November 16, 2014, he attended a special ccreening of “Cake” at Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York City.
2015
- On March 13, 2015, Ithaca College awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters degree and the Jessica Savitch Award of Distinction for Excellence in Journalism.
- In April 2015, “World News Tonight with David Muir” became the most watched evening newscast in the U.S.
- On May 8, 2015, he delivered the commencement address at Northeastern University in Boston where he was given an honorary Doctor of Media degree.
2016
- In March 2016, he released a year-long report on the heroin crisis in the U.S.
- On December 3, 2016, he and Kelly Ripa attended The Cinema Society with Piaget host the after party for the EuropaCorps film “Miss Sloane” in New York City.
2017
- On January 25, 2017, he interviewed Donald Trump in the White House in Washington, D.C., USA, which was Trump’s first interview after his inauguration as the 45th U.S. president.
- Jimmy Kimmel interviewed him in the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” episode that aired on February 15, 2017.
- On May 9, 2017, he spoke onstage during the 4th Annual Town & Country Philanthropy Summit at Hearst Tower in New York City.
2018
- On May 12, 2018, he delivered the commencement address at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
- On September 15, 2018, he attended The Bridge 2018 at The Bridge in Bridgehampton, New York.
- On November 14, 2018, he and Ripa attended the 6th annual Save The Children Illumination gala at American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
2019
- On July 25, 2019, he received two nominations from the 40th News & Documentary Emmy Awards but did not win an award during the ceremony on September 24, 2019.
- On September 14, 2019, he attended The Bridge 2019 at The Bridge in Bridgehampton.
- On September 26, 2019, he attended the New York City Ballet 2019 Fall Fashion Gala at David H. Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center in New York City.
2020
- On May 6, 2020, he interviewed Trump about the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
2021
- On December 22, 2021, he interviewed 46th U.S. president Joe Biden about the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022
- On March 10, 2022, he attended the 2022 ADAPT Leadership Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.
- On May 15, 2022, he delivered the commencement address at Syracuse University in Syracuse.
- In September 2022, he became the first American journalist to interview Ukraine’s sixth president Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
2023
- In February 2023, he conducted two interviews with Biden.
- On September 19, 2023, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, USA named him the 40th Cronkite Award recipient.
- On September 27, 2023, he won one award at the 44th News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York City.
2024
- On September 10, 2024, he and Linsey Davis moderated a presidential debate on ABC News between Trump and Kamala Harris.
- On September 18, 2024, he attended the “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” premiere at Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
- On September 26, 2024, he won two awards at the 45th News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York City.
- On October 17, 2024, he attended the Giorgio Armani RTW Spring 2025 fashion show at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City.
2025
- In May 2025, he traveled to the Vatican and Rome, Italy.
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