Mona Kosar Abdi ( so, Muna Koosaar Cabdi) is an American multimedia journalist. She graduated from the

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where she earned a BA in

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, and

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. In January 2019 she joined ABC News and in 2020 became anchor for ''

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''.

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

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. She started as an assignment editor and was promoted to an associate producer news writer. Abdi was a contributing writer at the

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in 2013. She moved to

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, in January 2014 and joined WSET ABC 13, the

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television network affiliate for the Roanoke/

, market. She was a reporter. In January 2017 she moved to

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, where she was an anchor/reporter on ABC affiliate

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Channel 5. Since January 2019 she has been a correspondent for

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based in Washington, D.C. Abdi anchors the overnight/early morning ''

'' and ''

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'' with Kenneth Moton. She was officially hired to replace Janai Norman, who began working as a ''

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'' correspondent, in September 2020.Former WSET reporter named co-anchor of ABC World News Now, America This Morning
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References

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