Almin Karamehmedovic

Almin Karamehmedovic is president of ABC News, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the nation’s No. 1 news network. He leads the teams responsible for the many iconic, award-winning shows across the division including “World News Tonight with David Muir,” “Good Morning America,” “The View,” “20/20,” “Nightline,” “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and “GMA3,” as well as ABC News Live, ABC News Studios, ABC Audio, ABC Digital and special events coverage.

Prior to be named president of ABC News, Karamehmedovic oversaw the production and all daily operations 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. In January 2022, News Content Development, including short- and long-form projects on streaming and broadcast, was added to his purview as his role expanded from executive producer to senior executive producer.

Under Karamehmedovic’s leadership, “World News Tonight with David Muir” has ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast in Total Viewers for eight straight years, season to date. In addition, the program ranks No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the fifth consecutive season. As senior executive producer, Karamehmedovic oversaw several of Muir’s exclusive, headline-making interviews with world leaders, including Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Joe Biden, President-elect Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama, as well as the historic town hall with Pope Francis inside the Vatican.

Prior to “World News Tonight with David Muir,” Karamehmedovic was executive producer of “Nightline,” ABC News’ late-night flagship newsmagazine. He also executive produced “Nightline” in primetime for two consecutive seasons as well as numerous other ABC primetime hours, “20/20” specials and ongoing breaking news special reports.

Karamehmedovic first joined ABC News as a freelance video editor based in London in 1998. Three years later, he was one of the first journalists to gain access to Tora Bora, Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden was hiding. 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. The following year he covered the war in Southern Lebanon and was one of the first to arrive in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in 2010. More recently, Karamehmedovic returned to Al Anbar in Iraq to document the fight against ISIS and traveled to the frontlines of Afghanistan, to Auschwitz with survivors of the Holocaust 75 years later, to Normandy with America’s heroes, and to Madagascar to report on the children of climate change.

After he moved to New York and joined “Nightline” in 2008, 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; and exposing American pedophiles permitted to leave the United States and abuse children in Cambodia.

Karamehmedovic was part of the first wave of producers trained to shoot, produce, edit and broadcast from anywhere in the world. He has used those abilities to great effect at ABC News, infusing many reports with an intimacy and immediacy that brings viewers closer to the heart of a story. He has traveled to more than 100 countries and is the recipient of the prestigious DuPont Award, as well as 16 Emmys®, nine Edward R. Murrow Awards, two Christopher Awards and a Peabody Award.

Karamehmedovic graduated from the University of Greenwich in London.