years_active birth_place birth_date article_title education name occupation
1980 -- present lakeland , florida , united states 19 april 1949 forrest sawyer
 b.a. in education , university of florida in eastern philosophy and world religion and m.a. forrest sawyer waga-tv news '' anchor -lrb- 1985-1987 -rrb- abc news and nbc news news anchor anchor -lrb- 1980-1985 -rrb- '' cbs morning
forrest sawyer

forrest sawyer -lrb- born april 19 , 1949 -rrb- 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 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 .
