By Kevin McCauley
Ben Sherwood, former executive producer of "Good Morning America," has been named president of ABC News, succeeding David Westin.
Reporting to Anne Sweeney, co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney/ABC Television Group, Sherwood is responsible for editorial/business matters of news programming on TV, radio and the Internet.
After working at KCET (Los Angeles public television), the Los Angeles Times, CBS News and News and Observer (Raleigh), Sherwood joined ABC News in 1989 as producer at ABC News' "PrimeTime" with Diane Sawyer and Sam Donaldson.
In '97, he joined NBC's "Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" as producer of the "In Depth" reports before returning to ABC in '04 for the GMA slot."
Sherwood played a major role in covering the war in Bosnia, impeachment of Bill Clinton, Florida recount, 9/11, southeast Asia tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina.
He also authored two novels: "The Man Who Ate the 747" and "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud." His most recent book, "The Survivors Club" is about those who do and don't bounce back from adversity.
Sweeney hailed Sherwood for combining "intimate knowledge and success in the news business with a creative flair and entrepreneurial spirit that is second to none."
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