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Charles Gibson Co-anchor of PrimeTime Thursday 
Charles Gibson returned to "Good Morning America" to co-anchor with Diane Sawyer in January, 1999. He previously co-anchored the morning show with Joan Lunden from 1987 to May, 1998. In addition Mr. Gibson and Ms. Sawyer are co-anchors on "PrimeTime Thursday," originally known as "PrimeTime Live."On "Good Morning America" Mr. Gibson covers "front page" events, various issues and newsmakers. In May, 2001, Mr. Gibson reported live from the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma for the execution of Timothy McVeigh. He was on the scene in April, 1995, after the bombing, and returned to cover the fifth anniversary and the conviction of Timothy McVeigh. In July, 1999, Mr. Gibson reported from Hyannisport, Massachusetts, after the crash of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s plane. In April, 1999, Mr. Gibson covered the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado. Mr. Gibson has broadcast from the sites of the Republican and Democratic national conventions. He has also covered presidential inaugurations and has interviewed each of the last seven American presidents. Recently in honor of his first 100 days in office, Mr. Gibson conducted an interview with President Bush in which the president announced a landmark change in U.S.-Sino relations. He also conducted open dialogues with then-President Clinton during "Good Morning America's" 1999 and 2000 White House town meetings on teen violence and guns. Mr. Gibson has also interviewed leaders from around the globe, including Tony Blair, Yasir Arafat and Nelson Mandela. In November, 1995, Mr. Gibson interviewed Leah Rabin just hours after the funeral of her husband, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. During a week of live broadcasts from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in 1990, Mr. Gibson celebrated Thanksgiving with U.S. troops serving in Operation Desert Shield prior to the start of the Gulf War. Mr. Gibson's notable guests from the creative world recently included acclaimed author and screenwriter John Irving, musical legend Elton John and leading ladies Whoopi Goldberg and Jodi Foster. In March, 2001, Mr. Gibson covered the Academy Awards from Los Angeles for the fourth time. An enthusiastic sports fan, Mr. Gibson gave "Good Morning America's" audience a preview of Super Bowl XXXIV from Atlanta's Georgia Dome in January, 2000. For ABC Sports' pre-game show, he interviewed the opposing coaches, Dick Vermeil of the St. Louis Rams and Jeff Fisher of the Tennessee Titans. In July, 1999, Mr. Gibson interviewed the U.S. Women's soccer team, champions of the World Cup. In September, 1998, two nights before St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire's record-breaking 62nd homerun of the season, Mr. Gibson anchored an ABC News primetime one-hour special, "Chasing History," from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Mr. Gibson became well-known to television viewers as a reporter on ABC's "World News Tonight With Peter Jennings," as an occasional substitute for Ted Koppel as anchor on "Nightline," and as substitute anchor on "World News This Morning." Mr. Gibson was chief correspondent at the House of Representatives for ABC News from 1981 to 1987. On Capitol Hill Mr. Gibson covered Tip O'Neill and the Democratic handling of President Ronald Reagan's legislative agenda. As a general assignment correspondent for ABC News from 1977 to 1981, he reported on a broad spectrum of major national news, including investigations of the Central Intelligence Agency and various economic stories. From 1976 to 1977, Mr. Gibson was a White House correspondent for ABC News. During that time he covered Gerald Ford's 1976 presidential campaign. Mr. Gibson came to ABC News in 1975 from a syndicated news service, Television News Inc. (TVN), which he joined in 1974. He covered President Nixon's resignation and the subsequent Watergate conspiracy trials for TVN. From 1970 to 1973 Mr. Gibson was an anchor and reporter for WJLA-TV (then WMAL-TV), the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining WJLA-TV, he had been news director for WLVA-TV and Radio in Lynchburg, Virginia. His first job in broadcasting was Washington producer for RKO Network in 1966. The National Endowment for the Humanities named Mr. Gibson a National Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan in 1973, and he has served as a board member of the Michigan Journalism Fellows since 1988. Mr. Gibson is a graduate of Princeton University, where he was news director for the University's radio station, WPRB-FM. He was honored with the 1992 John Maclean Fellowship, awarded to Princeton alumni "who have made a major contribution to American society." Mr. Gibson, a native of Evanston, Illinois, grew up in Washington, D.C. He and his wife, Arlene, now live in New York. They have two daughters. | ||||||||||||||||||||
