Whit Johnson
Whit Johnson is a co-anchor of the “Good Morning America” weekend editions and anchor of the Saturday edition of “World News Tonight,” based in New York. He is also an ABC News correspondent, and his reports can be seen across multiple ABC News broadcasts, including “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight with David Muir,” “20/20,” “Nightline” and ABC News Live.
Since joining ABC News, Johnson has covered a wide variety of major breaking news stories in the field, from politics to severe weather disasters to mass shootings. He’s played a key role during election coverage, including reporting from Trump headquarters in Florida on election night 2024. Johnson covered the 2025 New Year’s Day deadly terror attack in New Orleans and its subsequent investigation. Johnson also provided comprehensive coverage during the devastating Maui wildfires in August of 2023, which took the lives of more than 100 people. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, he served as one of the lead correspondents for ABC News, providing viewers with vital information during some of the most unprecedented times in modern history.
In his role as an anchor, Johnson has guided numerous breaking news stories and special reports from the desk, including anchoring for more than seven hours straight during the assassination attempt of then-former President Donald Trump in July 2024 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Other special reports include the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe versus Wade in June 2022, the historic Iranian missile attack on Israel in April 2024, and the deadly Titan submersible implosion in June 2023 that was exploring the ruins of the Titanic.
Johnson was previously a morning anchor for “Today in LA” on KNBC-TV, which won the Golden Mike Award for Best Daytime News Broadcast in 2017. During his time in Los Angeles, Johnson also won two Emmys® for investigative reporting and his coverage of the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Before joining KNBC, Johnson was a Washington-based CBS News correspondent and fill-in anchor reporting on national news, the White House and Capitol Hill. During his time at the network, he covered then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on several stops across the Middle East, and he interviewed her minutes after news broke that Muammar Gaddafi had been killed.
Johnson also worked as an anchor and reporter for stations in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Yakima, Washington.
Johnson was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Arts in television and radio broadcasting.
