Elizabeth Vargas

Emmy Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Vargas has built a distinguished career spanning major news networks, leveraging her experience to lead impactful programming and investigative journalism. After earning her Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1984, Vargas began her professional journey at CBS affiliate KTVN in Reno, Nevada, before becoming a lead reporter for KTVK-TV in Phoenix. From 1990 to 1993, she sharpened her versatile interviewing skills at WBBM-TV in Chicago. In 1993, Vargas joined NBC News as a correspondent for ‘Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric’ and ‘Dateline NBC’, also serving as a substitute anchor for ‘Today’ and the weekend editions of ‘NBC Nightly News’, expanding her reach nationally.

Vargas’ distinguished tenure at ABC News commenced in 1996 as a newsreader for ‘Good Morning America’, quickly progressing to a prime time magazine show correspondent by 1997. Her impactful investigative work earned an Emmy Award nomination in 1998 for a ’20/20′ segment on Betty Tyson’s wrongful conviction, followed by an Emmy Award win in 1999 for her comprehensive Elián González story coverage. She became an anchor for ’20/20 Downtown’ in 2002, and by 2003, anchored ‘World News Tonight’ Sunday, having previously helmed the Saturday edition. In 2004, Vargas was named co-anchor of ’20/20′ and, in 2005, co-anchored ‘World News Tonight’ with Bob Woodruff, returning as the sole co-anchor of ’20/20′ and primary host of ABC News specials in late 2006.

In 2022, Vargas guest anchored ‘NewsNation Prime’ and became host of ‘iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas’. Her contributions to impactful news reporting and documentary presentation further solidified in 2023 when she was announced as the anchor for ‘Elizabeth Vargas Reports’ on NewsNation, continuing her prominent presence in national television journalism.