Linsey Davis

Linsey Davis (born October 21, 1977) is an American broadcast journalist at ABC News, who currently anchors the Sunday edition of World News Tonight the network’s weekday prime-time streaming program, ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis, and she is also a substitute anchor for Good Morning America and the daily ABC World News Tonight edition.[1]

Linsey Davis
Born (1977-10-21) October 21, 1977
Occupation
  • Journalist

Early life

Davis graduated from the Moorestown Friends School in Moorestown, New Jersey in 1995;[2] she earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia.[3] She has a master’s degree in communication from New York University.[3]

Career

Davis has been a longtime correspondent for the network, censoring for Good Morning America, 20/20, Nightline, and World News Tonight, She launched the flagship streaming broadcast on February 10, 2020.[4] The following year, it was announced that Davis would take over anchor responsibilities for the Sunday edition of World News Tonight, with Whit Johnson handling Saturday duties, following the departure of network anchor Tom Llamas to NBC News.[5] In 2022, Adweek reported that Davis was adding radio to her responsibilities, saying she would "deliver the top stories in ABC News Radio’s national 5 p.m. ET newscast Monday to Thursday each week.”[6] Adweek noted, Davis took on a role once held by Peter Jennings and Charles Gibson.[6]

In addition to her anchoring roles on broadcast television, streaming, and radio, Variety states that “Since 2019... Davis has appeared alongside George Stephanopoulos and David Muir to help anchor presidential debates, election coverage and other critical news events.”[7]

Davis is also the author of four children’s books, including How High Is Heaven? (2022).[8]

References
  1. "Linsey Davis". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  2. "Linsey Davis '95 Named ABC World News Tonight Weekend Anchor". Moorestown Friends School. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  3. Manns, Keydra (February 1, 2021). "Linsey Davis to co-anchor ABC's Weekend 'World News Tonight'". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. Katz, AJ. "Tom Llamas and Linsey Davis Named Breaking News and Prime Time Anchors for ABC News' Streaming Service". adweek.it. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  5. Johnson, Ted (2021-02-01). "Linsey Davis, Whit Johnson To Anchor Weekend 'World News Tonight'". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  6. "ABC News Anchor Linsey Davis Adds Radio to Her Responsibilities". www.adweek.com. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  7. Steinberg, Brian (2021-02-03). "Linsey Davis Helps ABC News Toggle Between TV News, Streaming Video". Variety. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  8. "Linsey Davis talks about her 4th children's book 'How High is Heaven?'". 24 February 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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