Kyra Phillips
Speaker. Author. Journalist.
ABC News correspondent &
abc newslive anchor
Kyra Phillips is a correspondent and anchor for ABC News. She joined the network in April, 2018 and anchors "ABC News Live" every weekday 1 to 5pm Eastern (available on Hulu, Roku, YouTube, The ABC News App, and ABCNews.com).
Phillips created a school newspaper in the 4th grade, landing her first interview with Dr. Seuss. That was just the beginning. From covering war zones to the South Pole, and interviewing icons from U.S. Presidents to Mother Teresa, Phillips’ journalistic journey has been nothing but awe-inspiring.
An award-winning journalist, Phillips joined CNN in 1999 anchoring Live From, CNN Newsroom, American Morning, and moved to HLN in 2012 to anchor Raising America with Kyra Phillips, a daily interactive, investigative program that focused on news impacting the modern American family. She also led the network’s 2012 election coverage.
She has traveled the world to cover and investigate a wide range of breaking news, including four tours reporting in Iraq, first as an embedded journalist aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, then covering the war, and its effect on the Iraqi people. Her stories included the Baghdad School for the Blind, substance abuse within the Iraqi military, and an exclusive look inside Saddam Hussein's cell and his personal diary.