ABC News taps Hanna Battah as correspondent and overnight anchor of ‘World News Now’ & ‘Good Morning America First Look’

Hanna Battah (Photo credit: Heidi Gutman/ABC)

Posted Wednesday, December 3, 2025 11:38 am

Denise Petski | DEADLINE

ABC News has named Hanna Battah overnight co-anchor of “World News Now” and “Good Morning America First Look,” alongside Sophie Flay.

Most recently, Battah was anchor of KDFW-TV’s top-rated afternoon and early-evening newscasts in Dallas, where she was also co-anchor of “The Ten,” a largely unscripted program featuring wide-ranging live interviews. In her more than seven years in Dallas, she also frequently anchored major and breaking news events, including the 2024 presidential election results and the recent central Texas flood disaster.

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ABC News taps Hanna Battah as correspondent and overnight anchor of ‘World News Now’ & ‘Good Morning America First Look’

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