ABCNEWS' Ned Potter

Biography -- Ned Potter is science correspondent for ABC News. His reporting has taken him to 49 states and five continents, from Alaska's North Slope to the rain forests of South America.

He has reported on such subjects as space exploration, the digital revolution, the war on terrorism, the human genome, climate change and the implications of new technology. He has been among the most prolific reporters for World News Tonight; he also reports for Nightline, Good Morning America, and ABCNEWS.com.

He has covered many key moments in the history of science and technology. He was there for some of the first space shuttle flights, and again for the very last. He reported on the rise of Google and the death of Steve Jobs. An archival search shows that early in his career, he may have been the first person to use the word "cellphone" on a national news broadcast.

From 1988 to 1996 Mr. Potter was environmental correspondent for American Agenda, a World News Tonight segment that regularly covered major public issues. From 1997 to 2000, in addition to his work for World News Tonight, he reported for Discovery News, a weekly science news program produced by ABC News for the Discovery Channel.

Mr. Potter, an ABC News correspondent since July 1987, came from CBS News, where he was a correspondent in the Chicago and Boston bureaus from 1980 to 1987. His assignments there included science and technology, labor and national politics.

Among other honors, he has won the duPont-Columbia Award for excellence in broadcast journalism, an Emmy Award, a Headliner Award and a CINE Golden Eagle Award. He shared in the Peabody Award that ABC News earned for its coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Mr. Potter has written articles for New York Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications. Subjects included personal computers, the advent of the compact disc and the artificial heart.

A graduate of Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in the history of science, Mr. Potter is married and has two children.