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About Barry Serafin
- Barry Serafin (born June 22, 1941) is an American television journalist and former weekend anchor of ABC World News.
- An Oregon native, born in Coquille, and raised in Roseburg, Serafin graduated from Washington State University in 1964, and began his journalism career at the University's public radio station.
- In television, he reported for Oregon Public Broadcasting station KOAP-TV and CBS-affiliate KOIN-TV, before moving to Missouri for a position as reporter and anchor for KMOX-TV.
- From there he began a decade of service with the CBS Washington D.C.
- bureau, winning an Emmy award for his contribution to their May 1, 1974 documentary, "Watergate: The White House Transcripts." He joined ABC News in 1979, first as a foreign correspondent sub-anchoring segments from Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis, and becoming a national correspondent for the network in 1981.
- Serafin anchored ABC World News Saturday from 1987-1988.
- He received the Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater, Washington State University, in 1992.
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