Paula Faris

Paula Faris is an American journalist who formerly worked as the TV correspondent for ABC News. She is best known for her role as co-host of Good Morning America Weekend, from 2014 to 2018, and host of The View, 2015-2018. The show was co-hosted by her prior co-anchors America This Morning and World News Now. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. Due to limited TV opportunities she was employed in radio sales. Then she was able to work for one year as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT. Later, she would occasionally report and anchor. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until 2005. The contract was ended and she became a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 until December 2011. She was recruited by ABC News the news division in December 2011. The 2nd of January, 2012, she debuted on the network's World News Now and America This Morning. She was also on Good Morning America's fill-in programme, Good Morning America, beginning on January 2, 2012. In the following years she was promoted to New York-based correspondent for every ABC News programs. The program was not able for her to finish the final episode of World News Now or America This Morning. The show aired on January 22nd in 2013. She made her debut on Good Morning America Weekend as co-anchor, September 9, 2014. This was following Bianna Golodryga moved to Yahoo! News. On the 25th of August, 2015 ABC announced that she would join The View as a co-host for season 19. On August 3 on the 3rd of August, 2016 it was announced they renewed her contract until the end of its 20th season. Season 21 was also renewed along with co-hosting duties. In the 21st and 22nd seasons she was mostly on the show's Friday shows.