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LAMA HASAN
ABC News Correspondent and Anchor, ABC News NOW
Lama Hasan is a correspondent for ABC News and an anchor for ABC News NOW, based in London. She has been an on-air contributor for ABC News since May 2003. Her field work has appeared on “Good Morning America,” “World News with Charles Gibson,” “Nightline,” ABC’s 24-hour news and lifestyle digital network, ABC News NOW, and on ABC affiliate stations.
Ms. Hasan anchors the international news program, “World View” on ABC News NOW, as well as other breaking news events for the channel. She has covered major news stories including the Hizbollah/Israel war from Jerusalem and Larnaca in Cyprus, the funeral of Pope John Paul II, the Gaza withdrawal from Israel and human trafficking in Moldova, and has done extensive reporting on the Arab reaction to the Second Gulf War. In 2007 she reported from Mauritania in north western Africa on women and slavery. Ms. Hasan was nominated for an Emmy for her work on a “Good Morning America” special series entitled “13 Around the World.”
From 2002-03, Ms. Hasan was a field producer for ABC News. She assisted in live broadcasts and reported off-air, traveling on location throughout the Middle East. Previously she worked as a production assistant and a newsdesk assistant for “World News Tonight” and “Good Morning America,” respectively. She began her career at ABC News in August of 2000.
Ms. Hasan graduated from Queen’s College and Mander Portman Woodward and has her graduate degree in management and computer science from the University College London. She is fluent in Arabic.
ABC News NOW is a 24-hour digital news and lifestyle network that delivers live breaking news and a wide-range of original programming available to over 42 million subscribers across broadband, cable and mobile platforms.