David Westin

David Westin was President of ABC News from 1997 to 2010. He is the author of Exit Interview, which will be published in May 2012 by Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Exit Interview tells the story of what went on behind the scenes in covering events such as President Clinton's impeachment, the tie 2000 election, the 9/11 attacks, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the economic crisis of 2008. During his time, ABC News earned 11 George Foster Peabody Awards, 13 Alfred I. DuPont Awards, five George Polk Awards, more than 40 News & Documentary Emmys, and more than 40 Edward R. Murrow Awards

He now heads NewsRight, a for-profit company representing hundreds of news organizations licensing original news reporting for the Internet.