Jon Karl New Pentagon Face at ABC
Replacing Martha Raddatz, now at the White House, ABC News today named Jonathan Karl as its new senior national security correspondent. Karl has been the network’s State Department correspondent, coming to ABC in 2003 from CNN, where he covered congress.
ABC News President David Westin said in a release: “Jonathan Karl is a first-class reporter whose experience covering Washington and the world has prepared him well for his new assignment, adding the Pentagon to his coverage responsibilities. His track record covering foreign affairs ensures that we will continue to have the best reporting on all matters relating to national security and America’s place in the world.”
Full release after the jump.
JONATHAN KARL NAMED SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT FOR ABC NEWS
Jonathan Karl has been named senior National Security Correspondent based at the Pentagon, ABC News President David Westin announced today. In his new role, Mr. Karl, who has been covering the State Department since he joined ABC News in 2003, will continue to report on foreign affairs and intelligence agencies as well as all issues related to national security. He replaces Martha Raddatz, who was named senior White House correspondent last month.
Said David Westin: “Jonathan Karl is a first-class reporter whose experience covering Washington and the world has prepared him well for his new assignment, adding the Pentagon to his coverage responsibilities. His track record covering foreign affairs ensures that we will continue to have the best reporting on all matters relating to national security and America’s place in the world.”
While covering the State Department, Mr. Karl has traveled extensively with key members of the Bush administration’s foreign policy team, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State Colin Powel, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney to nearly two dozen countries around the world. In addition to interviewing Secretary Rice five times in the year since she was named Secretary, Mr. Karl has broken several stories most recently on Iran’s nuclear program. His exclusive interview with Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe and his groundbreaking reporting out of Sudan took him on three trips to Darfur this year.
Mr. Karl previously served as a congressional correspondent for CNN. In his seven years with CNN, he covered Capitol Hill, the White House, and the Pentagon. He has reported on two presidential elections, President Clinton’s impeachment, the NATO air strikes against Yugoslavia, and congressional reaction to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
In 2001, Mr. Karl won The National Press Foundation’s Everett McKinley Dirksen Award, the highest honor for Congressional reporting.
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