Lila Diane Sawyer is an American interviewer, anchor, and television journalist. After finishing her education, she began her career as a weather forecaster for WLKY-TV in Louisville and later was promoted to a general assignment post. In 1970, she relocated to Washington, D.C. and initially could not find any work in broadcasting. So she opted for a career change, pursuing governmental jobs. Soon, she was hired as an assistant to Jerry Warren, the deputy press secretary of the White House. Quickly rising through the ranks, she became a staff assistant for US President Richard Nixon and would serve him through the Watergate scandal and his subsequent fall from power. Later, Sawyer returned to journalism, joining CBS News as a general assignment reporter. In the ensuing years, she served as a correspondent for ‘60 Minutes’, co-hosted ‘Primetime Live’, ‘Good Morning America’, and ‘Primetime’, and anchored ABC News’ flagship show ‘ABC World News’ from 2009 to 2014. A trailblazer for female journalists and one of the most recognizable and respectable correspondents in the industry, she has won several awards in her 50-year-long career, including multiple Emmys.