ABC News’ Jonathan Karl was elected on Friday to be the new president of the White House Correspondents Association.
“Congratulations to Jonathan Karl of ABC News, elected today to be president of the White House Correspondents’ Association in 2019-20,” the group tweeted out Friday evening.
Congratulations to Jonathan Karl of ABC News, elected today to be president of the White House Correspondents’ Association in 2019-20. #WHCA
— WHCA (@whca) July 14, 2017
Karl has worked for ABC News since 2003, starting out as a senior foreign affairs correspondent and has followed beats including the Pentagon. Before joining ABC News, he worked as a congressional correspondent for CNN, according to his official biography.
He will succeed Jeff Mason of Reuters, who offered congratulations on Twitter.
Thank you, Jeff! It’s an honor to represent some of the hardest-working and dedicated journalists in the business. https://t.co/5oiuJA1uMj
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) July 14, 2017
