Mona Kosar Abdi

Mona Kosar Abdi (Somali: Muna Kawsar Cabdi) is an American multimedia journalist. She graduated from the University of California, San Diego where she earned a BA in International Studies, Political Science, and Communications.

Mona Kosar Abdi
Born1990
San Diego, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego
Occupationjournalist

In January 2019 she joined ABC News, Washington DC as their overnight anchor for World News Now.[1]

Career

In 2011, Abdi also founded and was the editor-in-chief of the Gazzetta media outlet.

She began her journalism career at KGTV Channel 10, an ABC-affiliated television station based in San Diego. She started as an Assignment Editor and was promoted to an Associate Producer News Writer.

Abdi was a Contributing Writer at the Al Jazeera Media Network in 2013.

She moved to Lynchburg, Virginia in January 2014 and joined WSET ABC 13, the ABC television network affiliate for the Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia market.[2] She was a reporter.

In January 2017 she moved to Cleveland, Ohio where she was an Anchor/Reporter on ABC affiliate WEWS Channel 5.

Since January 2019 she has been a Correspondent for ABC News based out of Washington DC.

Abdi anchors the overnight/early morning World News Now and America This Morning with Kenneth Moton. She was officially hired to replace Janai Norman, who began working as a Good Morning America correspondent, in September 2020.[3]

References
  1. "Challenges in convicting police officers". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  2. "Mona Kosar Abdi – Multimedia Journalist". Mona Kosar Abdi. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. Former WSET reporter named co-anchor of ABC World News Now, America This Morning
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