Diane Macedo is currently the daytime anchor for ABC News Live, ABC
News’ 24/7 streaming news channel, anchoring “ABC News Live
Update” and “The Breakdown,” as well as breaking news and
special events. She is also a breaking news anchor and correspondent
for ABC News, appearing on “Good Morning America,” “World News
Tonight,” “Nightline,” “World News Now” and “America This
Morning.” Macedo authored the book “The Sleep Fix,” helping
people identify and overcome their sleep problems.

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As an anchor at ABC News Live, Macedo has covered breaking news
stories such as Hurricane Laura and Tiger Woods’ car crash; historic
political events, including the 2020 Presidential Election, the
Supreme Court confirmations of Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh,
and the second impeachment trial of President Trump; and
gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Derek Chauvin Trial. She also anchored
the daily ABC News Live broadcast “Pandemic,” which later became
the network broadcast “GMA 3: What You Need to Know.”

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Macedo has also anchored various network breaking-news events for ABC
News, including the April 2021 car attack at the Capitol, 2020
election coverage, the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, the Pulse
nightclub shooting, Hurricane Irma, the 2016 presidential election and
the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. Macedo has
received two Emmy® Awards for her work on “Good Morning America.”

 

Prior to her role with ABC News Live, Macedo was part of the
longest-running anchor team for ABC News’ “World News Now” and
“America This Morning,” from April 2016 to November 2018, a period
where the show experienced a significant ratings boost and a massive
increase in social media following.

 

Before joining ABC News in 2016, Macedo was an anchor for CBS New
York, anchoring “CBS 2 News This Morning Saturday” and “CBS 2
News This Morning Sunday” and fill-in anchoring for the weekday
shows “CBS 2 News This Morning,” “CBS 2 News at Noon,” “CBS
2 News at 5 p.m.” and more. She was also a general assignment
reporter, covering assigned, original and breaking news.

 

Macedo graduated from Boston College with a double major in
communications and political science and can speak Portuguese and
Spanish. She currently lives in New York City with her family.
