Good Morning America First Look Menu About Bios Photos Releases Releases December 1, 2025 ABC NEWS NAMES HANNA BATTAH AS CORRESPONDENT AND OVERNIGHT ANCHOR OF ‘WORLD NEWS NOW’ AND ‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA FIRST LOOK’ ABC News announced today that award-winning journalist Hanna Battah will join the network to co-anchor “World News Now” and “Good Morning America First Look” alongside ABC News’ Sophie Flay. She joins America’s No. 1 news network after more than 12 years as an anchor and reporter at various local stations across the country. Most recently, Battah was anchor of KDFW-TV’s top-rated afternoon and early-evening newscasts in Dallas, where she was also co-anchor of “The Ten,” a largely unscripted program featuring wide-ranging live interviews. In her more than seven years in Dallas, she also frequently anchored major and breaking news events, including the 2024 presidential election results and the recent central Texas flood disaster. Battah’s reporting experience spans the entire country, often placing her on the front lines of America’s biggest stories. She has covered stories from state legislatures in the Midwest, stood shoulder-to-shoulder with firefighters battling devastating West Co Press Release - Series October 29, 2025 ABC NEWS NAMES KABC’S SOPHIE FLAY AS CORRESPONDENT AND OVERNIGHT ANCHOR OF ‘WORLD NEWS NOW’ AND ‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA FIRST LOOK’ ABC News announced that standout ABC7/KABC-TV general assignment reporter Sophie Flay is joining ABC News as correspondent and overnight anchor of “World News Now” and “Good Morning America First Look” beginning this week. She joins America’s No. 1 news network after having worked at the ABC Owned Television Station in Los Angeles since March 2019. In her time at KABC-TV, the most-watched television station in Southern California, Flay covered the Monterey Park mass shooting and the raid of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ LA estate, as well as The Oscars®. She was also one of the first reporters at the Eaton Fire during the recent LA wildfires. In her new role, Flay will report across ABC News shows and platforms, and bring viewers the latest headlines and breaking news in the overnight hours, leading directly into ABC Owned Television Stations’ and affiliates’ award-winning local morning programming. Flay is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where she recently served as an adj Press Release
December 1, 2025 ABC NEWS NAMES HANNA BATTAH AS CORRESPONDENT AND OVERNIGHT ANCHOR OF ‘WORLD NEWS NOW’ AND ‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA FIRST LOOK’ ABC News announced today that award-winning journalist Hanna Battah will join the network to co-anchor “World News Now” and “Good Morning America First Look” alongside ABC News’ Sophie Flay. She joins America’s No. 1 news network after more than 12 years as an anchor and reporter at various local stations across the country. Most recently, Battah was anchor of KDFW-TV’s top-rated afternoon and early-evening newscasts in Dallas, where she was also co-anchor of “The Ten,” a largely unscripted program featuring wide-ranging live interviews. In her more than seven years in Dallas, she also frequently anchored major and breaking news events, including the 2024 presidential election results and the recent central Texas flood disaster. Battah’s reporting experience spans the entire country, often placing her on the front lines of America’s biggest stories. She has covered stories from state legislatures in the Midwest, stood shoulder-to-shoulder with firefighters battling devastating West Co Press Release - Series
October 29, 2025 ABC NEWS NAMES KABC’S SOPHIE FLAY AS CORRESPONDENT AND OVERNIGHT ANCHOR OF ‘WORLD NEWS NOW’ AND ‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA FIRST LOOK’ ABC News announced that standout ABC7/KABC-TV general assignment reporter Sophie Flay is joining ABC News as correspondent and overnight anchor of “World News Now” and “Good Morning America First Look” beginning this week. She joins America’s No. 1 news network after having worked at the ABC Owned Television Station in Los Angeles since March 2019. In her time at KABC-TV, the most-watched television station in Southern California, Flay covered the Monterey Park mass shooting and the raid of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ LA estate, as well as The Oscars®. She was also one of the first reporters at the Eaton Fire during the recent LA wildfires. In her new role, Flay will report across ABC News shows and platforms, and bring viewers the latest headlines and breaking news in the overnight hours, leading directly into ABC Owned Television Stations’ and affiliates’ award-winning local morning programming. Flay is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where she recently served as an adj Press Release
