Charles Gibson - Career Timeline

Career Timeline

• 1970–1973—anchor and reporter at WJLA-TV, the ABC television-network affiliate in Washington, D.C.
• 1977–1981—general-assignment correspondent for the ABC News division of the ABC television network.
• 1981–1987—chief correspondent for the U.S. House of Representatives for ABC News.
• February 1987–May 1998; January 1999–June 2006—co-anchor of ABC News's Good Morning America, a breakfast television news and talk program.
• 1998–2000—co-anchor of ABC News's newsmagazine program 20/20
• 2000–2004—co-anchor of ABC News's Primetime, a television newsmagazine.
• October 2004—moderator of a "town-hall"-style debate during the 2004 U.S. presidential-election campaign between candidates Republican U.S. President George W. Bush and Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry.
• May 2006—December 2009 —anchor of World News with Charles Gibson.
• January 2008—moderator of debates between the Democratic candidates, as well as Republican candidates.
• April 2008—co-moderator of a Democratic Party U.S. presidential-campaign debate between candidates—U.S. Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama—during the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
• September 2008—conducts the first major interview of Sarah Palin after she was named the Republican Party's U.S. vice-presidential candidate.
• September 2009—ABC News announces Gibson's plans to retire as anchor of World News with Charles Gibson in late 2009 and that ABC News's Diane Sawyer will become the World News anchor.
• December 18, 2009 — Charles Gibson delivers his final broadcast on World News with a farewell speech.