Linsey Davis
Linsey Davis
Linsey T. Davis (born October 21, 1977) [20] is a two time Emmy Award winning correspondent with ABC News. She has been reporting for World News, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Nightline since 2007. Davis is also the author of children's book, The World Is Awake: A Celebration of Everyday Blessings, which was a #1 Bestseller on Amazon Books. [1] [3]
Early Life & Education
Linsey Davis graduated from Moorestown Friends School a private, coeducational Quaker day school located at East Main Street and Chester Avenue in Moorestown Township, New Jersey. [12] [7]
Linsey Davis graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Linsey later graduated from New York University with a Master of Arts in Communications from New York University. She is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. [3]
Career
Linsey Davis joined ABC News in 2007. She is a correspondent filing reports for World News, Good Morning America, 20/20 and Nightline. She has covered major news stories worldwide, including the Mandalay Bay Resort Shooting, Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations and subsequent Me Too Movement, the Boston Marathon bombing, the Nairobi Shopping Mall shootings, and several of President Obama's trips overseas. Her coverage ranges from the 2016 United States presidential election to social injustice, to various natural disasters, including the 2010 Haiti earthquake and multiple hurricanes. [1]
Linsey Davis was the only person to interview disgraced comedian Bill Cosby in the wake of dozens of rape allegations. Leading up to the Iowa caucuses, Davis interviewed the spouses of seven of the presidential candidates as part of a series called "Running Mates." [1]
In 2009, Linsey Davis reported on the Miracle on the Hudson and Michael Jackson's death. That same year she also made waves with her "Nightline" report "Single Black Female." The story, which went viral, examined why African-American women are the least likely of any race or gender to get married. Davis joined ABC News as a New York-based correspondent for ABC NewsOne, the network's affiliate news service. Before joining the network in June 2007, Davis was news anchor of the weekend evening newscasts at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana. Linsey Davis started out as a reporter in 2003 and, during her time there, reported from New Orleans, Louisiana in wake of Hurricane Katrina, from Turin, Italy for the 2006 Winter Olympics, and from Athens, Greece for the 2004 Summer Olympics. From 2001 to 2003 she was a reporter at WJRT-TV, an ABC owned station in Flint, Michigan. [1]
Books
The View: Linsey Davis Talks New Children's Book 'The World Is Awake'
On February 6, 2016 Linsey Davis published her first book a Christian children's book titled, The World Is Awake: A Celebration of Everyday Blessings. She co-authored the book with Joseph Bottum and it was published by Zonderkidz. She was inspired to write the book with by her three-year-old son Ayden. The book is illustrated by Lucy Fleming. [4] [7]
The World Is Awake: A Celebration of Everyday Blessings is a lyrical, rhyming story for young children intended to make them feel safe and joyful, cradled in the hands of God. The book's illustrations paired with the writing inspire children to be thankful for all of God's blessings. To celebrate the creations of God the book uses nature and zoo animals. [7] [10]
In an interview with People (magazine), Davis told what was her inspiration behind The World Is Awake:
My son, Ayden, inspired me to write this book.
I have always desired that he learn about God, and what I realized as I was selecting books for him was that the vast majority of children’s books about religion are about stories he enjoys, but he is too young to understand the role of God in Jonah and the whale or David and Goliath.
But one day (when he was just 2) he asked me as we were driving in the car if it is God who opens up the flowers, and that really moved me to think maybe that was the best way to explain God to a toddler, by explaining God’s involvement and presence in nature and the tangible creations around him.
So it made sense to use Psalm 118:24 as a foundation for the book: “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”[26]
On August 6, 2019, Lindsey published her second book, One Big Heart, A Celebration of Being More Alike than Different. The book is published by Zonderkidz and illustrated by Lucy Fleming. The book celebrates diversity as well as the things we all have in common.[25]
Awards & Accomplishments
Linsey has received several honors for her reporting, including two Emmy Awards and a regional Edward R. Murrow Award. In addition, the Center for Leadership Development awarded her with the distinction of "Up and Comer." [3]
Personal Life
On March 10, 2013, Linsey Davis married Paul Roberts at Oheka Castle in Long Island, New York. [12] In 2013 the couple had a son named Ayden. Linsey and her family are practicing Christians. [4] [3]
Her best children's book is Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. [10]