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About Dan Harris
Dan Harris was named co-anchor of ABC News’ weekend edition of “Good Morning America” in October 2010. He is also anchor of “World News Sunday,” a position he has held since 2006. Additionally, Harris is a New York-based correspondent for ABC News’ broadcasts and platforms, including “World News with Diane Sawyer,” “Good Morning America,” “Nightline,” ABC News Digital and ABC News Radio.
Harris joined ABC News in March 2000 and has covered many of the biggest stories in recent years. He has reported from such diverse datelines as Ground Zero, Pakistan, Afghanistan, South Korea, Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. He has spent many months in Iraq – both before and after the U.S.-led invasion.
Most recently, he reported from Haiti on the aftermath of the earthquake. In 2009, Harris covered the Mumbai terror attacks, the cyclone in Myanmar, child slavery in Haiti and poaching of endangered animals in both Nepal and Africa.
Domestically, Harris has led ABC News’ coverage of faith, with a particular focus on the evangelical movement. He scored one of the first interviews with former pastor Ted Haggard after his sex and drugs scandal.
Harris also has a longstanding interest in indie rock and has started a weekly music show, “Amplified,” on ABC News NOW and ABCNews.com.
Prior to joining ABC News, Harris was an anchor at New England Cable News (NECN), the largest regional cable news network in the country, from 1997 to 2000. Before that he was an anchor and political reporter at WCSH, an NBC affiliate in Portland, Maine, for two years. He began his broadcasting career as a reporter for WLBZ, the NBC affiliate in Bangor, Maine.
Harris has been honored several times for his journalistic contributions. He received a Murrow Award for his reporting on a young Iraqi man who received the necessary help to move to America, and in 2009 won an Emmy Award for his “Nightline” report “How to Buy a Child in Ten Hours.”
A graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Harris also holds honorary doctorate degrees from Colby, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. He was raised in Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, and currently lives in New York City.