Phil Lipof
Phil Lipof is an ABC News correspondent based in New York City. Since joining the network in August of 2021, Lipof has reported across all platforms, including World News Tonight with David Muir, Good Morning America, GMA3, ABC News Live and Nightline.
Just days before the war in Ukraine began, Lipof was sent to Poland to cover what became a catastrophic refugee crisis. Lipof spent three weeks field anchoring for ABC News Live, telling the stories of the women and children crossing the border to safety.
Lipof reported from Uvalde, Texas, after the school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers and anchored the network special on the Fourth of July, when a gunman fired into a holiday parade north of Chicago, killing seven. He also covered the damage caused by Hurricane Ida in New Orleans.
Lipof ’s passion for music and songwriting lead to the creation of “The Prime Playlist,” a series of in-depth stories on musicians from across genres. “The Playlist” focuses on each artist’s unique story and how they create their music. So far, Rick Allen (drummer of Def Leppard), Taylor Momsen of the Pretty Reckless, Muni Long, O.A.R and Jordan Davis have made “The Playlist.”
Before coming to ABC News, Lipof was the main anchor of NBC’s affiliate in Boston. Prior to that, Lipof anchored and reported for WCVB in Boston. He spent eight years as an anchor/reporter at WABC, the network’s flagship station in New York City. Lipof also anchored with his wife Juli at WHDH in Boston. He anchored and reported at WFOR in Miami, where he had several exclusive interviews with O.J Simpson. He began his career at KIDK in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Lipof is an Emmy® and Murrow Award winner who has covered other major news stories, including 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the Boston Marathon bombing and Superstorm Sandy, live from the barrier island of Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Internationally, Lipof has reported from Poland, Germany, the West Bank and Israel, where he conducted an exclusive interview with Shimon Peres.
Over the years, Lipof has worked extensively with a number of charity organizations, including The Jimmy Fund, The Lupus Foundation of America, Gift of life, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer.
While covering the lighter side of news, Lipof has flown with the Canadian Air Force, jumped out of a plane with the Army’s Golden Nights, interviewed every living member of Led Zeppelin and played guitar live on stage with the band O.A.R in front of thousands of their fans.
Lipof and his wife Juli like to run Spartan races together. They have two children.
