Matt Gutman

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Journalist

Birth Date: December 5, 1977

Age: 48 years old

Birth Place: Westfield, New Jersey

American journalist Matt Gutman was born on December 5, 1977 in Princeton, New Jersey. He went to the private school at the Newark Academy and graduated from Williams College in 2000. Gutman moved to Israel in 2001 and reported for The Jerusalem Post covering Israeli-Palestinian relations. During the seven years he lived in the Middle East he covered wars in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Afghanistan. He moved to Miami in 2008 and was hired as an ABC News correspondent. In 2018 Gutman was elevated to Chief National Correspondent for ABC News. In addition to his reporting, Gutman is also an author. His first book "The Boys in the Cave" details the story of the rescue of 13 boys and their coach from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Thailand. His second book, "No Time To Panic", tells his personal story battling anxiety and panic attacks.

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Avatar: A New Era -- Special Edition of 20/20

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2025

Karen Read: The Verdict -- A Special Edition of 20/20

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2025

American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- A Special Edition of 20/20

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2025

Secret Life of Diddy: A Special Edition of 20/20

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2024

Presidential Debate

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2024

ABC News Special: The Race for the White House

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2024

Super Tuesday: Your Voice Your Vote 2024

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2024

Israel at War: Living in Terror -- A Special Edition of 20/20

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2023

Live with Kelly and MarkStream

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2023

Putin's War: The Battle to Save Ukraine: A Special Edition of 20/20

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2022

It's Not Too Late: Earth Day Special

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2021

GMA3: What You Need to Know

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2020

ABC News Your Voice Your Vote - Election Night 2016

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2016

Celebrating Nancy Reagan

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2016

ABC's The Lookout

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2013

Sea Rescue

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2012

This Week With George Stephanopoulos

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2002

The ViewStream

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1997

20/20Stream

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1978

Good Morning America

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1975

Good Morning America

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1975

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