Linsey Davis is currently the anchor of ABC News Live “Prime with
Linsey Davis,” ABC News’ Emmy® Award-winning streaming evening
newscast, and “World News Tonight” Sunday. She is a correspondent
filing reports for “World News Tonight with David Muir,” “Good
Morning America,” “20/20” and “Nightline.”

Davis has conducted powerful, exclusive newsmaking interviews with
world leaders, influential figures, health officials, and politicians.
Notable interviews include the only interview with comedian Bill Cosby
in the wake of dozens of sexual assault allegations; Jonathan Majors,
after he was convicted of one misdemeanor assault charge and one
harassment violation; Boris Johnson, shortly after he left his
position as prime minister; the victims who suffered abuse at the
hands of Larry Ray at Sarah Lawrence University; Shelley Lynn
Thornton, also known as Baby Roe, the daughter of Jane Roe; Kevin
Strickland, a wrongfully convicted Missouri man who was released from
prison after 43 years; Myon Burrell, a Minneapolis inmate who said he
was wrongfully convicted for murder; and Nick Cannon, discussing his
journey towards atonement, education and self-improvement after making
antisemitic comments and espousing conspiracy theories.

Davis’ additional interviewees include former Vice President Kamala
Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Vice
President Mike Pence, former first lady Karen Pence, Gov. Ron
Desantis, Nikki Haley, Speaker Mike Johnson, Beto O’Rourke, Gov. Wes
Moore, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Herschel Walker, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Kanye
West, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Anita Hill, Bill Gates, Halle Berry, Queen
Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez,
Dionne Warwick, Huma Abedin, Dave Grohl, Billy Porter, nearly two
dozen senators from both sides of the aisle and dozens of House
representatives, and leading up to the 2024 Iowa caucuses, she
interviewed the spouses of seven presidential candidates as part of a
series called “Running Mates.”

Davis helped lead ABC News’ coverage of the 2024 presidential
election, notably co-hosting the 2024 presidential debate alongside
David Muir, and ABC News’ election night coverage, “Your Voice,
Your Vote.” She was an integral part of the 2022 midterm elections
and was at the forefront of ABC News’ coverage of the 2020
presidential election, spanning all eight nights of the Democratic and
Republican National Conventions. She co-anchored major political
events such as two presidential primary debates, the vice-presidential
debate, presidential election coverage and Inauguration Day.

Davis has covered news stories around the globe, including the Black
Lives Matter movement, the Las Vegas massacre, the Harvey Weinstein
allegations and subsequent #MeToo movement, the Boston Marathon
bombing, the Nairobi Mall massacre and several of President Obama’s
trips overseas. She has also reported on various natural disasters,
including the earthquake in Haiti and multiple hurricanes.

Davis joined ABC News in 2017 as a New York-based correspondent for
ABC NewsOne, the network’s affiliate news service. Prior, Davis was
the anchor of the weekend evening newscasts at WTHR-TV in
Indianapolis. During her time there, she reported from New Orleans in
the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Torino for the 2006 Winter Olympics and
Athens for the 2004 Summer Olympics. From 2001 to 2003, she was a
reporter at WJRT-TV, the ABC-owned station in Flint, Michigan.

Davis has received several honors for her reporting, including two
Emmy Awards, a duPont-Columbia Award and a regional Edward R. Murrow
Award. In 2023, “ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis” won the
Gracie Award for Best National News Program and a Front-Page Award for
the feature “Water Warriors.” In 2022, she also won a 2022 On Air
Talent – News Magazine Gracie Award.

Davis is the author of six books, including The New York Times
bestsellers “Girls of the World” (March 2024) and “The Smallest
Spot of a Dot” (January 2023), and the titles “How High Is
Heaven” (February 2022), “Stay This Way Forever” (February
2021), “The World Is Awake” (February 2019) and “One Big
Heart” (August 2019).

Davis earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from the
University of Virginia and a Master of Arts degree in communications
from New York University.

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