Lama hasan biography

&#;&#; -- Lama Hasan is an ABC News correspondent based in London since She reports for all ABC News' broadcasts and platforms, including "World News with Diane Sawyer," "Good Morning America," "This Week" and "Nightline," as well as ABC News Radio, ABC News NOW and

Recently Hasan covered Italy's deadly Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster and the Amanda Knox trail.

In , Hasan's reporting made ABC the first U.S. network on the ground covering the famine in east Africa. Hasan was one of the first reporters on the ground to cover the drought and famine in Somalia and the refugee crisis in Dadaab, Kenya.

That same year she covered both the Egyptian and Libyan revolutions extensively, reporting on surface-to-air missile depots left behind for rebels to loot after Gadhafi's army left. She was recognized with the CINE Golden Eagle Award for her contribution to the 20/20 special ''Islam: Answers a