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Forrest DeWitt Sawyer (born April 19, 1949) is an American former broadcast journalist best known for his 11 years with ABC News, where he anchored ABC World News Tonight Saturday and frequently substituted for Ted Koppel on Nightline. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lakeland is a City in Polk County Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight, often called ABC World News Tonight, also often abbreviated Edward James "Ted" Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is an American journalist, best known as the former anchor for the During that time he earned Emmy Awards in 1992, 1993, and 1994 while with ABC-TV's Day One and Nightline. Day One was a Television news magazine produced by ABC News from 1993 to 1995 hosted by Forrest Sawyer and Diane Sawyer. He left ABC News to become a news anchor for both NBC and its cable counterpart, MSNBC, where he was an occasional substitute for Brian Williams as anchor for The News with Brian Williams. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is the seventh anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening He left NBC News in 2005 to become founder and president of Freefall Productions, where he produces documentaries and serves as a media strategist and guest lecturer.
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Biography
Sawyer was born in Lakeland, Florida. Lakeland is a City in Polk County Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and He is a 1967 graduate of Kathleen High School in Lakeland, Florida and an alumnus of the University of Florida, holding a BA in Arts and Sciences and a master's in education. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Lakeland is a City in Polk County Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research He also was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at UF. This article is about the student fraternity in the United States
After starting in radio, Sawyer moved into television with Atlanta's WAGA-TV, a CBS affiliate while he was there from 1980 to 1985. WAGA channel 5 is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation -owned FOX Television Network and based in Atlanta Georgia While at WAGA, Sawyer shared a Peabody Award in 1982, for Paradise Saved, a documentary on Cumberland Island. The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards for excellence in Radio and Television broadcasting Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Cumberland Island is one of the Sea Islands. Cumberland is the largest in terms of continuously exposed land area of Georgia's Barrier islands It is located He, Don Smith, and photographer George Gentry were cited for a documentary in which viewers were "treated to a quality of visual beauty not often seen on television and, at the same time, were informed, enlightened, and challenged concerning the problems of retaining a great natural heritage and a diminishing resource—the unspoiled beauty of the Atlantic Coast. Don Smith could mean Don Smith (ice hockey (1888-1959 Canadian professional hockey player Don Smith (defensive lineman (born 1957 "[1]
In 1985 he took over as anchorman on the CBS Morning News, holding that position until 1987. CBS Morning News is the half-hour daily television broadcast from CBS News that airs following Up to the Minute. He joined ABC in 1988 as anchorman of ABC World News This Morning and also hosted "World News Sunday" and "Day One. America This Morning (formerly ABC World News This Morning prior to 11/13/06) is a 30 minute newscast offered by ABC News to ABC " Sawyer also served as a regular subsitute anchor on "World News Tonight" and "Nightline. " before leaving that network and joining NBC. In addition to his Peabody Award, he has received a total of seven National Emmy Awards, two Sigma Delta Chi Awards, two Edward R. Murrow Awards, an Associated Press Award, an Ohio State Award, an Ark Award and two American Psychological Association Awards. Edward R Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25 1908 &ndash April 27 1965) was an American journalist The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The American Psychological Association (APA is a professional organization representing psychologists in the U
He was a guest speaker at the American Association of Community Colleges Conference in Long Beach, CA, during April 2006 and was keynote speaker on May 11, 2007 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, at a conference titled, "The Future of Multi-Media Digital News and Cultural Networks. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC headquartered in the National Center for Higher Education in Washington D Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The University of California Santa Barbara ( UCSB) is a selective research-oriented public university located on the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara County California "
In late 2007, while filming a documentary in Tanzania, he survived a helicopter crash. Sawyer rescued a Maasai villager from the wreckage, and, with an injured knee, carried another man several miles across a toxic lake to safety.
Pop culture trivia
- Sawyer played himself as moderator in "The Debate" an episode of The West Wing which aired live and was dedicated solely to a debate between two fictitious presidential candidates. " The Debate " is episode 139 of The West Wing. The episode was broadcast live Debate ( American English) or debating ( British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational Argument. The US presidential election of 2006 is a fictional event portrayed during the sixth and seventh seasons on the American Television show The
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