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John Berman

John Berman (born Robert John Berman in Carlisle, Massachusetts) is a news writer and reporter for ABC News. After attending Harvard University where he served as President of the Hasty Pudding Society, he was hired as a desk assistant at ABC News in 1995. He rose to the head writer position at World News Tonight with Peter Jennings from 1997 to 1999. There, Berman wrote news with Jennings live from Columbine, Colorado after the school shootings there, in Cuba during the Pope’s historic visit, and in Washington, D.C. for the Clinton impeachment hearings. Berman changed his role in 1999 to off-air reporter, following George W. Bush’s campaign from its beginning through 45 states and stayed with him for the election controversy and the first months of Bush’s presidency (1).

In 2001, Berman became an on-air correspondent based in New York. Berman’s reporting is eclectic, from hard news stories reported embedded with Marines in Iraq to feature on popular culture. In 2004, Berman reported from Banda Aceh, Indonesia after a tsunami killed at least 160,000 victims (7). On May 31, 2006, Charlie Rose hosted a episode of his program about war coverage in Iraq with guests John Berman, Dan Senor, and Michael Hirsch (6). Berman has filed reports about Lionel Richie, mothers-in-law (1), Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi (8), and barehanded catfishing (2).

Berman’s negative reviews have come from a website supporting the National Tea Party Convention. On February 5, 2010 after Berman reported on that meeting, the website Biggovernment.com characterized Berman’s request for more information about membership of an organizing board as an “attack.”(5)  On September 4, 2008 after the Republican Party Convention that nominated John McCain and Sarah Palin, Berman logged a story chronicling Palin’s resolve against her critics and opponents headlined “Palin’s Promise” (3).

Currently, Berman is a contributor to ABC’s news shows, including World News Tonight, 20/20, Good Morning America, and Nightline. On August 14, 2010, Berman co-anchored Good Morning America Weekend with Bianna Golodryga. After the appearance, he wrote on Twitter, “So far, no major sweat outbreaks. And no major FCC objections to my presence on @gma.”

He has two children who are twins. His Email is john.berman@abc.com (4) and he can be reached at Twitter @abcdude (9).

References

1. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/john-berman/story?id=126605

2. http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2228783710&topic=4719

3. http://blogs.abcnews.com/liveblogging/2008/09/palins-promise.html

4. http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/images/promo/abcnews.pdf

5. http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/02/05/that-didnt-take-long-abc-reporter-attacks-national-tea-party-convention-leaders-during-press-conference/

6. http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/470

7 http://www.seattlepi.com/local/211012_tsunamiscience07.html

8. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/padma-lakshmi-top-chef-host-brings-easy-exotic/story?id=10759628

9. http://twitter.com/abcdude , This article about a United States journalist is a stub.