Dan Harris (television reporter)
Encyclopedia
Dan Harris is a correspondent for ABC News
and the co-anchor for the weekend edition of Good Morning America
.
in Waterville, Maine
, Harris began his career as an anchor for WCSH
in Portland, Maine
. He anchored World News Sunday 2006-2011 and frequently anchors World News
, World News with Diane Sawyer's webcast. He is also a frequent contributor to World News. He also anchored ABC's coverage of Hurricane Katrina
in September 2005. In October 2010, he was named the new co-anchor for the weekend edition of Good Morning America, succeeding Bill Weir
.
He also occasionally does news reports for CBN's The 700 Club
program. He also made an appearance in an episode of 19 Kids and Counting.
, is a pathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and is a world authority on lymphomas.
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
and the co-anchor for the weekend edition of Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
.
Career
A 1993 graduate of Colby CollegeColby College
Colby College is a private liberal arts college located on Mayflower Hill in Waterville, Maine. Founded in 1813, it is the 12th-oldest independent liberal arts college in the United States...
in Waterville, Maine
Waterville, Maine
Waterville is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River. The population was 15,722 at the 2010 census. Home to Colby College and Thomas College, Waterville is the regional commercial, medical and cultural center....
, Harris began his career as an anchor for WCSH
WCSH
WCSH is the NBC-affiliated television station for Southern Maine and Northern New Hampshire. Licensed to Portland, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 44 from a transmitter on Winn Mountain in Sebago. The station can also be seen on Comcast and Time Warner Cable channel 6...
in Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
. He anchored World News Sunday 2006-2011 and frequently anchors World News
World News Now
World News Now is an American overnight news program broadcast on American Broadcasting Company's television network. Its tone is often lighthearted, irreverent and humorous...
, World News with Diane Sawyer's webcast. He is also a frequent contributor to World News. He also anchored ABC's coverage of Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
in September 2005. In October 2010, he was named the new co-anchor for the weekend edition of Good Morning America, succeeding Bill Weir
Bill Weir
William Francis Weir is an American television journalist and co-anchor of Nightline on ABC. Before Nightline, he was a co-host of the weekend edition of Good Morning America from 2004 to 2010.-Career:...
.
He also occasionally does news reports for CBN's The 700 Club
The 700 Club
The 700 Club is the flagship news talk show of the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing in syndication throughout the United States and Canada. In production since 1966, it is currently hosted by Pat Robertson, Terry Meeuwsen, Kristi Watts, and Gordon P. Robertson, two of whom will host on any...
program. He also made an appearance in an episode of 19 Kids and Counting.
Personal Life
Harris' father is Jay R. Harris, the chair of Harvard's radiation oncology residency program and recipient of the 2007 American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Gold Medal. His mother, Nancy Lee HarrisNancy Lee Harris
Nancy Lee Harris is the Austin L. Vickery Jr. Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. She is also a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and an editor with the New England Journal of Medicine....
, is a pathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and is a world authority on lymphomas.