Almin Karamehmedovic
Almin Karamehmedovic is the senior executive producer of “World News Tonight with David Muir,” the most-watched newscast in America across broadcast and cable, and often, the No. 1 program on all of television. Karamehmedovic has overseen the production and all daily operations of the program since August 2014 as the executive producer and expanded his role in January 2022 as senior executive producer to include news content development on broadcast and streaming. Under his leadership, more people are watching “World News Tonight with David Muir” than at any time in the last 26 years.
Since joining ABC News in 1998, Karamehmedovic has been involved in many firsts. In 2001, he was one of the first journalists to gain access to Tora Bora, Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden was holed up. In 2003, he embedded with the U.S. Army during the invasion of Iraq, and in 2005, he was one of the first journalists to travel to Darfur/Sudan to report on the genocide.
Prior to “World News Tonight,” Karamehmedovic was executive producer of “Nightline,” ABC News’ late-night flagship newsmagazine. He joined “Nightline” in 2008 and was named senior producer in 2009, senior broadcast producer in 2012, and then executive producer, a position he held until 2014. During his tenure, Karamehmedovic traveled the world producing notable pieces for the program, including living among the indigenous people of the Enawene Nawe tribe in the remote and uncivilized Amazon, detailing the ongoing Mexican Drug Wars, being pursued by two territorial wild elephants in the African jungle, uncovering an epidemic of exorcisms on alleged Child Witches of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and exposing American pedophiles permitted to leave the U.S. and abuse children in Cambodia. He also executive produced “Nightline” in primetime for two seasons in a row.
He has traveled to over 100 countries and has won 14 Emmys®, six Edward R. Murrow Awards, Peabody Awards, Christopher Awards and DuPont Awards.
Karamehmedovic graduated from the University of Greenwich in London. He resides in Rye, New York, with his wife Amela and son Jake.
