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Forrest Sawyer (born April 19, 1949) is an American broadcast journalist. Sawyer worked 11 years with ABC News, where he frequently anchored ABC World News Tonight and Nightline and reported for all ABC News broadcasts. He anchored the award-winning prime-time newsmagazines "Day One" and "Turning Point" He recorded exclusives from all over the globe, and earned numerous awards for his reports and documentaries, including Emmy Awards in 1992, 1993, and 1994. He left ABC News in 1999 to become a news anchor for both NBC and its cable counterpart, MSNBC, where he was a regular substitute for Brian Williams as anchor for The News with Brian Williams. He left NBC News in 2005 to become founder and president of Freefall Productions, where he produces documentaries and serves as a media strategist and guest lecturer.
Sawyer was born and reared in Lakeland, Florida, where he graduated from Kathleen High School. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega at the University of Florida, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Eastern philosophy and world religions and a master's degree in education.
Madonna interviewed by Forrest Sawyer for ABC's Nighline TV News on December 3rd of 1990.
Former Mob Hitman Talks: Phil Leonetti discusses turning mob informant against his Uncle Nicodemo 'Little Nicky' Scarfo. Correspondent Forrest Sawyer. Airdate 10/2/96
Shortly before his long overdue 1997 trial for rape, Alex Kelly and his parents were interviewed by ABC's Forrest Sawyer. The talk concentrates on the Kellys' decision to support their son while he was a fugitive from justice, hiding in Europe for several years. Additional information can readily be found on the web, starting with the Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kelly_(rapist)
Shortly before his long overdue 1997 trial for rape, Alex Kelly and his parents were interviewed by ABC's Forrest Sawyer. The talk concentrates on the Kellys' decision to support their son while he was a fugitive from justice hiding in Europe for several years. Additional information can readily be found on the web, starting with the Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kelly_(rapist)
Shortly before his long overdue 1997 trial for rape, Alex Kelly and his parents were interviewed by ABC's Forrest Sawyer. The talk concentrates on the Kellys' decision to support their son while he was a fugitive from justice hiding in Europe for several years. Additional information can readily be found on the web, starting with the Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kelly_(rapist)
Shortly before his long overdue 1997 trial for rape, Alex Kelly and his parents were interviewed by ABC's Forrest Sawyer. The talk concentrates on the Kellys' decision to support their son while he was a fugitive from justice hiding in Europe for several years. Additional information can readily be found on the web, starting with the Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kelly_(rapist)
Shortly before his long overdue 1997 trial for rape, Alex Kelly and his parents were interviewed by ABC's Forrest Sawyer. The talk concentrates on the Kellys' decision to support their son while he was a fugitive from justice hiding in Europe for several years. Additional information can readily be found on the web, starting with the Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kelly_(rapist)
This clip of CBS Morning News (later called This Morning, The Early Show, and once again This Morning), consists of the opening minute and the last 45 minutes of the program, hosted by Forrest Sawyer and Maria Shriver. Today's stories/features include part of an interview with Lawrence Mulloy on the safety of spaceflight in the wake of the Challenger disaster, Yoko Ono on her son Sean Lennon, Faith Daniels covering the survivors of the Mt. Hood, Oregon avalanche, tornadoes, the proposal of the 1987 federal budget, Jackie Presser, Michael Deaver, Eastern Airlines, weather with Steve Baskerville, movie critic Dennis Cunningham reviewing the films Top Gun, Sweet Liberty, and Short Circuit. Plus, society writer Dominick Dunne and New Wave musician Falco.
Promo for a Middle East report done by Forrest Sawyer while working for a local Atlanta CBS affiliate in the 80s.