Diane Sawyer's Accomplishments

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Diane Sawyer is an American television journalist who started her career after attending college. Her career started small, at a local news station in Kentucky then took off as she picked up jobs at the White House and more. Sawyer’s has been named one of the most influential women for journalism for her many accomplishments. Diane’s life was full of support from her mother who was a teacher. Her mother kept her and her sister very busy with extracurricular activities like fencing, singing, etc. Not only did Diane follow her sister’s footsteps in the Junior Miss competition, she also followed her post-secondary route by attending Wellesley, a prestigious all girls’ college. Sawyer graduated with a bachelor’s in English before returning to Kentucky where her career jump-started. Her crown for Junior Miss aided her in landing a job a local TV station. During this era, women could only have few jobs in broadcasting and journalism. Sawyer’s was appointed as the “weather girl”. What makes Sawyer’s so different from others was her commitment to chase more. She stayed late nights …show more content…

She became President Richard Nixon’s press assistant in 1970. Although the job brought on more stress than anyone could handle, she stuck by his side throughout his presidency. After the Watergate scandal, a group of loyalist, including Diane, left Washington D.C. with Nixon, to help his legal team with writing his memoirs. Diane’s political work did not stop there. In 2011, she interviewed the year’s biggest newsmakers like Commander Mark Kelly, his wife Gabrielle Giffords, and more. She covered the recovery of Gabrielle Giffords after she was tragically shot. In 2012, she anchored ABC’s “Your Voice, Your Vote”, providing coverage of the Presidential election and interviewing Mitt Romney and Barack Obama after they both made big achievements in their

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