Terry Moran

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Terry Moran questions George W. Bush at the White House Rose Garden on October 4, 2005.
Terry Moran questions George W. Bush at the White House Rose Garden on October 4, 2005.

Terry Moran (born December 9, 1960, Chicago, Illinois) is the co-anchor of Nightline. He had been ABC News' chief White House correspondent from September 1999 to November 2005. He often anchors World News, Nightline, and other ABC News broadcasts.

Prior to his White House assignment, Moran covered Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign. Moran became one of the three full-time anchors of Nightline following Ted Koppel's last broadcast in November 2005.

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[edit] Education/Awards

He graduated from Lawrence University in 1982 and worked as a correspondent and anchor for Court TV, where he was recognized for his expertise in covering the Lyle and Erik Menendez murder trial in Los Angeles in 1993. He received the Lucia R. Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award in 2003.

[edit] Publications

Moran has had pieces published in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Republic.

[edit] Family

Moran was one of ten children in his family. One of his brothers, Rick Moran, is a radio personality and blogger, whose site Right Wing Nuthouse has garnered considerable Internet controversy. His other brothers, Greg, Jim, John, and Larry are a reporter for the San Diego Union, a teacher, a business consultant, and a banker respectively. The occupation of his brother Jay is unknown. His sisters, Margaret "Peggy" Zwisler, Maribeth, Rosemary, and Peggy are a trial lawyer, a minister, a stay-at-home mother, and a partner in a law firm respectively. He has a wife and a daughter.

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Preceded by
Sam Donaldson
19981999
ABC News Chief White House Correspondent
September 1999–November 2005
Succeeded by
Martha Raddatz
November 2005Present
Preceded by
Ted Koppel
Nightline anchor
November 28, 2005-

With Martin Bashir and Cynthia McFadden

Succeeded by

Current