ABCNEWS Correspondent Terry Moran

— -- Terry Moran joined ABCNEWS is 1997, and was named an White House correspondent in September 1999. He reports for Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and other ABCNEWS broadcasts.

Most recently, Moran covered Vice President Al Gore’s presidential campaign, traveling extensively to cover the primary battles between Gore and Sen. Bill Bradley in Iowa, New Hampshire and on Super Tuesday.

As a legal correspondent, Moran has covered a number of important events. From 1998-1999, he was also the network’s primary correspondent assigned to the U.S. Supreme Court. He filed stories on several major cases of the term, including: Chicago v. Morales, which tested the city’s sweeping anti-gang law; Cedar Rapids School District v. Garrett F., which posed the question of whether public schools are required to provide continuous nursing care for students with severe disabilities; Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, the student-on-student sexual harassment case; among others.

Moran also traveled to refugee camps in Macedonia and subsequently to Kosovo, where he covered war-crimes issues, ethnic cleansing, post-war tensions and violence, among other stories.

He was also in Miami when Elian Gonzalez was seized by federal agents and returned to his father. He covered the protests and the civil disturbances in the city that followed the government’s action.

Other legal stories Moran has covered for ABCNEWS include: the murder trial of British au pair Louise Woodward in Cambridge, Mass.; the fourth trial of Dr. Jack Kevorkian; the trial of the Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski; the Microsoft antitrust case; and the Portland, Ore., trial of anti-abortion activists sued for contributing to a Web site that the jury found illegally threatened abortion providers.

For Nightline, Moran’s reports have included: the unique death-penalty case of Horace Kelly, a man who had gone insane on California’s death row and was then brought before a jury that was asked if he should still be executed; the tragic rash of heroin-overdose deaths of teenagers in Plano, Texas; and the remarkable gathering of dozens of former death-row inmates freed when evidence of their innocence came to light. For the last piece, Moran was awarded the Thurgood Marshall Journalism Award by the Death Penalty Information Center.

Moran has also filed several stories for the ABCNEWS newsmagazine 20/20, including the strange legal odyssey of Kenneth Curtis, a Connecticut man who murdered his girlfriend in 1987, then shot himself in the head, apparently rendering him incompetent to stand trial. Curtis was freed — until he was discovered attending college as a pre-med student in 1997. Moran also filed a story for 20/20 on a young Iowa man named Jeffrey Berryhill, who was serving a mandatory 25-year prison sentence for throwing a single punch. The piece used Berryhill’s case to show the problems with draconian sentencing laws, and it sparked a huge outcry over his plight. After it aired, Berryhill was freed. Moran received the New York Festival’s bronze medal for a human interest story in recognition for his work on that report.

Prior to joining ABCNEWS, Moran was a correspondent and anchor for CourtTV. He received critical acclaim for his nightly coverage of the day’s events in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson, and for his extensive reports during the trial of Erik and Lyle Menendez when the Los Angeles brothers first faced charges for the shotgun murders of their parents.

Moran also reported for CourtTV on the GM pickup truck trial and covered Senate hearings concerning the nominations of Zoe Baird for attorney general and Ruth Bader Ginsburg for associate justice of the Supreme Court.

Before joining CourtTV, Moran was a reporter and assistant managing editor for Legal Times. He has also written for many publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Republic, where he began his career in journalism.

Terry Moran was named an ABC News White House correspondent in September, 1999. He reports on all aspects of the George W. Bush administration for "Good Morning America," "World News Tonight" and other ABC News broadcasts.

Prior to his White House assignment, Mr. Moran covered Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign. He traveled extensively, covering the primary battles between Gore and Senator Bill Bradley in Iowa, New Hampshire and on Super Tuesday.

As a legal correspondent, he has covered a number of important events. From 1998-1999 Mr. Moran was the network's primary correspondent assigned to the U.S. Supreme Court. He filed stories on several major cases of the term, including Chicago v. Morales, which tested the city's sweeping anti-gang law; Cedar Rapids School District v. Garrett F., which posed the question of whether public schools are required to provide continuous nursing care for students with severe disabilities; and Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, the student-on-student sexual harassment case.

Other legal stories Mr. Moran has covered for ABC News include the murder trial of British au pair Louise Woodward in Cambridge, Mass.; the fourth trial of Dr. Jack Kevorkian; the trial of the Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski; the Microsoft anti-trust case; and the Portland, Oregon, trial of anti-abortion activists sued for contributing to a web site that the jury found illegally threatened abortion providers. For "Nightline" -- among other stories -- Mr. Moran covered the unique death-penalty case of Horace Kelly, a man who had gone insane on California's death row and was then brought before a jury which was asked if he should still be executed; the tragic rash of heroin-overdose deaths of teenagers in Plano, Texas; and the remarkable gathering of dozens of former death-row inmates freed when evidence of their innocence came to light. For the last piece, Mr. Moran was awarded the Thurgood Marshall Journalism Award by the Death Penalty Information Center.

In 1999 Mr. Moran traveled to refugee camps in Macedonia and subsequently to Kosovo, where he covered war-crimes issues, ethnic cleansing, post-war tensions and violence and other stories. He was also in Miami in the spring of 1999 when Elian Gonzalez was seized by federal agents and returned to his father. He covered the protests and the civil disturbances in the city that followed the government's action.

Mr. Moran has also filed several stories for "20/20," including the strange legal odyssey of Kenneth Curtis, a Connecticut man who murdered his girlfriend in 1987, then shot himself in the head, apparently rendering him incompetent to stand trial. He was freed -- until he was discovered attending college as a pre-med student in 1997. Mr. Moran also filed a story for "20/20" on a young Iowa man named Jeffrey Berryhill who was serving a mandatory 25-year prison sentence for

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throwing a single punch. The piece used Berryhill's case to show the problems with draconian sentencing laws, and it sparked a huge outcry over his plight. After it aired, Berryhill was freed and Mr. Moran received the New York Festival's bronze medal for a human interest story in recognition of his work.

Prior to joining ABC News, Terry Moran was a correspondent and anchor for Court TV. He received critical acclaim for his nightly coverage of the day's events in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson, and for his extensive reports during the trial of Erik and Lyle Menendez, when the Los Angeles brothers first faced charges for the shotgun murders of their parents.

Mr. Moran also reported for Court TV on the GM pickup truck trial and covered Senate hearings concerning the nominations of Zoe Baird for attorney general and Ruth Bader Ginsburg for associate justice of the Supreme Court. Before joining Court TV, Mr. Moran was a reporter and assistant managing editor for Legal Times.

Mr. Moran has written for many publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Republic Magazine -- where he began his career in journalism.