Forrest Sawyer

Forrest Sawyer (born April 19, 1949) is an American journalist and former network news anchor and correspondent. Sawyer anchored CBS Morning News and spent 12 years at ABC News, where he frequently anchored the flagship broadcasts ABC World News Tonight and Nightline and reported for all ABC News broadcasts. He anchored the primetime newsmagazines "Day One" and "Turning Point". Sawyer reported stories from all over the globe, earning eight Emmy awards as well as a Peabody, and an Edward R. Murrow. He is perhaps best known for his coverage of first Gulf War. ABC President Roone Arledge wrote in his memoir that Sawyer's coverage of the invasion of Kuwait "made him a star." Sawyer left ABC News in 1999 to become a news anchor for both NBC and its cable counterpart, MSNBC, where he played a role in the 2000 Presidential campaign and 9/11 coverage and produced and hosted documentaries. He was a regular substitute for Brian Williams as anchor for The News with Brian Williams. 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.