“I definitely feel like he has loosened up. Thirteen years in, Stephanopoulos “is laughing more than I’ve ever seen him laugh,” said Michael Strahan, who joined the pair as a host in 2016. Westin wanted Stephanopoulos for those days. Morning shows have their share of frivolity, cooking and celebrity segments, yet also need to be ready when a big story breaks. “You think about whether the fundamentals are good. “When you put things together you don’t think about how long it will last,” Westin said. Westin believed he was ready for a bigger stage. Stephanopoulos, who started at ABC News on Inauguration Day 1997, was an entrenched Washington insider from his days in the Clinton administration and as host of “This Week,” a job he retains. “It took a fair amount of persuasion,” Westin recalled. It’s been an incredible experience.”īut, yes, he estimated he turned down then-ABC News President David Westin’s job offer three times when the network was looking to replace Diane Sawyer. We’ve had a lot of fun and great success and covered a lot of consequential things. Please join me in congratulating Janai on this new role.“I’m proud,” Stephanopoulos said. I’m confident that Whit, Eva and Janai and the rest of the weekend team, under the excellent leadership of Simone Swink and Shaun Francis, will continue to thrive and drive the GMA brand to even greater heights. GMA Saturday is #1, and GMA Sunday continues to deliver. During this time, she reported on the Pulse nightclub shooting and the Moore, Oklahoma tornado. Prior to ABC News, Janai worked her way across the country in Columbia, Missouri, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Orlando, Florida as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. Most recently, Janai has hosted Pop News over the weekend, joining the team when the second hour launched on Saturdays in October 2019.Īs a correspondent, she was on the scene covering the manhunt for the Brooklyn subway shooter earlier this year, was on the ground in South Carolina covering the Senate race for the network’s 2020 election night coverage-and has covered the COVID-19 pandemic and the protests after the death of George Floyd. She returned in 2016 to cover politics as a multi-platform reporter in the DC bureau, before becoming overnight anchor for World News Now and America This Morning. Janai started at ABC News as an intern at News One in 2011. She puts her heart into her work and makes it a priority to cover the most important underreported issues of our time, including the maternal mortality crisis facing Black women and the stigma of mental health. Janai is a versatile and talented journalist, whether she is anchoring at the desk, conducting a one-on-one interview with a newsmaker of the day, or reporting in the field on breaking news. I’m thrilled to announce that Janai Norman is the new co-anchor for “Good Morning America” Saturday and Sunday broadcasts, effective immediately, joining co-anchors Whit Johnson and Eva Pilgrim.
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Read Godwin’s full memo to ABC News staff here: She fills a spot vacated by Dan Harris, who left the network last year after a 21-year run to focus more time and energy on his meditation company, Ten Percent Happier. Norman also covered the COVID-19 pandemic and the George Floyd protests. She interned with them at News One in 2011, but upon returning to ABC News, she became a multi-platform reporter based in the DC bureau, then moved to New York to become the overnight anchor for World News Now and America This Morning.Īs a correspondent, she covered the Brooklyn subway shooter earlier this year-and was part of the network’s 2020 election night coverage reporting in South Carolina on the Senate Race. Norman has been with ABC News full-time since 2016. In a memo sent to ABC News staff, Godwin said, “Janai is a versatile and talented journalist, whether she is anchoring at the desk, conducting a one-on-one interview with a newsmaker of the day, or reporting in the field on breaking news.” She will be joining co-anchors Whit Johnson and Eva Pilgrim on the program.ĪBC weekend morning viewers already know Norman as she handled the pop news duties during the lighter segments of Good Morning America’s weekend broadcasts. ABC News president Kim Godwin announced that Janai Norman will be the new co-anchor for Good Morning America’s Saturday and Sunday broadcasts “effective immediately.”
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