Elizabeth Vargas is co-anchor of ABC News' "World News Tonight", a role she
has held since January 2006. She is also the co-anchor of ABC News' "20/20".
As an award-winning anchor and correspondent, Vargas has traveled the world
covering breaking news stories, reporting in-depth investigations and
conducting newsmaker interviews. During the historic Iraqi elections in
December 2005, she anchored "World News Tonight" from Baghdad. She recently
anchored for both "World News Tonight" and "20/20" from the U.S. Gulf Coast,
covering Hurricane Katrina's devastation. Her international coverage has also
sent her to Besian, Russia, where she found stories of hope after rebels
attacked a school and killed more than 300 people, over half of them children.
She also reported from the Middle East for a special on the resurrection of
Jesus. She reported from Cambodia on the plight of orphans and questionable
international adoption practices there.
Vargas has also anchored ABC News coverage of live breaking news stories
including the deaths of President Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy, Jr. She
won an Emmy in 2000 for Outstanding Instant Coverage of a News Story for
anchoring live coverage of the Elian Gonzalez case.
Vargas was credited by the New York Times in November 2004 as reinvigorating
the newsmagazine format with her "intellectually brave" reporting of an
examination of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young man whose murder
gained international attention as an anit-gay crime.
Vargas was previously the anchor of "World News Tonight Sunday" and was also
a frequent substitute anchor on "Good Morning America". Previously a
correspondent for "20/20" and "Primetime Thursday" and a co-anchor for
"Primetime Monday", Vargas joined ABC News from NBC News, where she was a
correspondent and anchor, primarily for "Dateline NBC" and the "Today" show.
Prior to joining NBC New, Vargas spent four years as a reporter and anchor
for WBBM-TV, the CBS affiliate in Chicago. From 1986 to 1989, she was the lead
reporter for KTVK-TV, the ABC affiliate in Phoenix. Earlier, she worked as a
reporter/anchor for KTVN-TV, the CBS affiliate in Reno, Nev.
Vargas graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University
of Missouri in Columbia, Mo., where she began her broadcasting career as a
reporter/anchor for KOMU-TV.
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