Diane Macedo
Diane Macedo is a three-time Emmy® Award-winning journalist, anchor of “ABC News Live First,” breaking news anchor and correspondent for ABC News, and a bestselling author.
Macedo anchors “ABC News Live First,” the morning newscast on the Emmy Award-winning streaming news channel ABC News Live, every Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. As the first daytime anchor for ABC News Live, she helped establish the network’s daytime streaming coverage and led the expansion of real-time news programming. The program delivers a fast-paced mix of top headlines, real-time breaking news, in-depth reporting and expert analysis to start the day.
Macedo provides live, real-time coverage of major breaking stories as they unfold. She was on-air live during the first assassination attempt on President Trump and has anchored on location for major events, including Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in London and the Harris-Trump presidential debate in Philadelphia.
Macedo is also a breaking news anchor for the ABC News network, regularly leading special reports across all ABC News platforms. She led breaking news coverage of the contentious Oval Office meeting involving President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Vice President JD Vance; the Washington, D.C., midair collision; the Bourbon Street terror attack; the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires; and the Apalachee High School shooting.
In addition to anchoring, Macedo serves as a correspondent, regularly appearing on “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight with David Muir,” “Nightline,” “World News Now” and “Good Morning America First Look” to report on major stories. She’s also spearheaded “Inside ADHD,” a special ABC News series exploring the latest science, misconceptions and personal experiences surrounding ADHD.
In addition to her work at ABC News, Macedo is the author of the bestselling book “The Sleep Fix: Practical, Proven, and Surprising Solutions for Insomnia, Snoring, Shift Work, and More,” and a keynote speaker, challenging common misconceptions about sleep and offerings evidence-based strategies to improve it. She is a graduate of Boston College, where she double majored in communications and political science. Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, Macedo currently lives in New York City with her husband and two children.
