At 25, I found myself anchoring coverage of President Clinton's impeachment trial from Capitol Hill for WTVH-TV in my hometown of Syracuse, New York. I then covered Hillary Clinton's first Senate run.
David Muir is an American journalist, who is famous for his work as the anchor of ABC World News Tonight. Also, he is a co-anchor of ABC News Network. He has won multiple Emmy Awards and Edward R. Murrow awards for his excellent journalism.
Who is David Muir’s Sister?
In America, World News Tonight with David Muir is considered the most-watched newscast. Likewise, he was listed on one of People Magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive in 2014.
David Muir was born on November 8th, 1973 in Syracuse, New York, the United States. As of 2019, his age turns 49 years old. His birth name is David Jason Muir with the birth sign Scorpion. His father’s name is Ronald Muir and his mother’s name is Pat Mills, both jobs are unknown. He is the youngest child of his parents.
He grew up in Roman Catholic Family with one older sister named Rebecca Muir and two younger step-siblings. Muir has six nieces and three nephews. He holds American citizenship and belongs to mixed ethnicity (Silicon/Italian, English, Scottish, Irish, German). Similarly, he follows the Christianity religion.
Caption: David with his Beautiful Mother to the White House State (Photo: Instagram)
David has respect and love with his sister and often shares photos with his sister on his Instagram account. Recently, an ABC journalist has posted a photo of his sister wishing her a happy birthday.
David wrote:
Happy birthday, beautiful sister.
Caption: David Muir with older Sister, Rebecca (Photo: Instagram)
Educational Background
Talking about his educational background, David enrolled at Onondaga Central Junior-Senior High School. In 1991 after his graduation, he attended Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. Muir graduated with distinction from Park School of Communication and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism.
Likewise, he attended the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University. Later on, David studied at the University of Salamanca in Spain and fluent in the Spanish language.
Is David Muir Gay?
Some celebrities are open and proud of being gay, some celebrities and actors have remained silent about their sexuality, leaving us to dig around for clues regarding their LGBTQ identity. It is unclear whether the well-paid journalist is gay or not.
Looking at him, David looks like to be gay but he has not confirmed or denied the rumor. The journalist has never publicly identified as LGBTQ, nor he has ever publicly dated a woman. He is an unmarried man and single as of 2019. For a period of time, people speculated about Muir’s sexuality after he attended a gay bar with openly gay journalist Gio Benitez. Once he was reported to be in a relationship with gay partner Gio Benitez.
Caption: Gio Benitez and David Muir
They meet each other in the course of their profession at ABC news. The rumor turned out to be true but broke up due to Benitez’s double-timing meetings with Tommy DiDario. After that, Benitez got married to his blogger boyfriend, Tommy DiDario in 2016.
How is David Muir Height?
David Muir has an attractive body with a height of 5 feet 10 inches with a bodyweight of 75 kg. His hair color is dark brown and his eye color is brown.
ABC News Career
David began his professional career after he graduated from Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in 1995.
He worked there for five years. He also served as an anchor and reporter for WCVB television in Boston. In 2000, David joined the network and worked with WCVB television for 3 years only.
He Said:
“At 25, I found myself anchoring coverage of President Clinton’s impeachment trial from Capitol Hill for WTVH-TV in my hometown of Syracuse, New York. I then covered Hillary Clinton’s first Senate run”.
Caption: ABC World News Tonight’s David Muir Photo: Time Magazine
Muir began to serve at ABC News in August 2003 as an anchor of the overnight news show World News Now. The show then quickly became a lead correspondent for the network as well.
Finally, David was named the sole anchor of the weekend show World News with David Muir in February 2011. The main substitute for the weeknight World News with Diane Sawyer as well.
When Diane Sawyer switched focus to enterprise reporting and primetime specials then Muir took over the weekday newscast in 2014.
After that rebranded the name as World News Tonight with David Muir, as both anchor and managing editor of the show.
Awards and Achievements
David has won multiple ‘Emmys‘ and ‘Edward R. Murrow Awards for his work as a national and international journalist. Furthermore, He has won the ‘Jessica Savitch Award of Distinction for Excellence in Journalism.
