Almin Karamehmedovic has been named president of ABC News.
Karamehmedovic has overseen the production and daily operations of World News Tonight with David Muir since August 2014. He takes over the role of president after Kim Goodwin announced her plans to retire in May. Debra OConnell president, News Group and Networks, Disney Entertainment, has been running ABC News in the interim.
Since January 2022, Karamehmedovic has also overseen news content development as his role expanded to senior executive producer from executive producer.
As president, Karamehmedovic will oversee the day-to-day operations of ABC News and lead the teams behind World News Tonight with David Muir, Good Morning America, The View, 20/20, Nightline, ABC News Live, ABC News Studios and special events coverage.
“Almin has devoted his career to ABC News, mastering every role and elevating excellence in journalism by connecting with viewers in a very meaningful and profound way that resonates with them,” OConnell said. “He is a widely respected, seasoned journalist of the highest order who has worked his way up to senior executive producer of ‘World News Tonight with David Muir,’ earning the trust of colleagues and industry peers along the way. I have no doubt ABC News will reach new heights under his leadership.”
“I approach this role with great respect and humility, not only for the hundreds of colleagues around the world whose tireless contributions fuel the unflinching and unbiased reporting of ABC News but also for the viewers we serve,” said Karamehmedovic. “Our team represents the best in journalism. We are grateful to have Debra OConnell, who sets the bar for all of us in a meaningful and supportive way that enables us to thrive in a profession we revere and love.”
Before World News Tonight with David Muir, Karamehmedovic was executive producer of Nightline. He also executive produced Nightline in primetime for two seasons as well as several ABC primetime hours, 20/20 specials and breaking news special reports.
He joined ABC News as a freelance video editor based in London in 1998 and later became was one of the first journalists to gain access to Tora Bora, Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden was hiding. In 2003, he embedded with the U.S. Army during the invasion of Iraq, and in 2005, he was one of the first journalists to travel to Darfur/Sudan to report on the genocide.
He has also covered the war in Southern Lebanon and was one of the first to arrive in Haiti in 2010 following the devastating earthquake. He returned to Al Anbar in Iraq to document the fight against ISIS and traveled to the frontlines of Afghanistan, and has worked on pieces including interviewing the survivors of the Holocaust 75 years later; traveling to Normandy with American war vets and to Madagascar to report on the children of climate change.
Karamehmedovic has traveled to more than 100 countries, and learned to shoot, produce, edit and broadcast from anywhere in the world. He is the recipient of the prestigious DuPont Award, as well as 16 Emmys, nine Edward R. Murrow Awards, two Christopher Awards and a Peabody Award.
He graduated from the University of Greenwich in London.
